Christina Aguilera
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Biography
"When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you."
"The roughest roads often lead to the top."
"I was born in Staten Island, New York. But I call my hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, because that's basically where I ended up from age eight on. But right after Staten Island... I've lived everywhere from Texas, to Japan for three years, to New Jersey. I'm this traveling girl. My father was in the Army, so I guess I'm an Army brat."
"I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer."
"Even when I was little, I knew I was meant to perform. I would watch specials on TV or videos of Janet or Whitney, and I would start crying because I was like 'I want that so bad'."
"It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky."
"I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt."
"I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums."
"I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque."
"Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion."
"Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America."
"It can be hard in this business, especially when you're very young, to figure out who you can and can't trust."
"It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business."
"In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally."
"Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend."
"My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise."
"To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms."
"We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people."
"My future daughter is not going to go through what I did."
"I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God."
"I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school."
"I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums."
"I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home."
"I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home."
"I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?"