So now the devil's in my soul. Christina Aguilera More Quotes by Christina Aguilera More Quotes From Christina Aguilera It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight. Christina Aguilera impossible It's important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship. Christina Aguilera nurture spouse important It's amazing how a truly great songwriter can touch anyone in the world with their words. Christina Aguilera songwriters world I want a bad boy in public, and a pussy cat at home! Christina Aguilera cat home boys I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there. Christina Aguilera mom mother remember In a world where I have to hide my heart and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world what's inside. Christina Aguilera heart believe world [2010] was a rough year. Between my divorce and the other things I went through, a lot happened. It's hard for anyone to go through that in public. But when you're a celebrity and under a microscope, it's 58 million times harder. I grew an even thicker skin after that hard year. Christina Aguilera divorce skins years I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back? Christina Aguilera ballads imagination want I hate working out - I have to mentally push myself through it. I can get very whiny, saying things like, 'I can't do it!' Christina Aguilera i-hate work-out hate Not to say that music today doesn't have heart, but it's really few and far between because technology has advanced itself so much that anybody can be a singer. Back in the day, you had to know how to sing. Christina Aguilera singing technology heart When I try to describe how I feel when you hold me, I get butterflies, I hear lullabies, it's hard to explain -- like the scent of a rose or the sound of the rain. It's too precious and too wonderful to give it a name. Christina Aguilera butterfly names rain There is no truth to the rumors that we hate each other. I have no ill feeling for [Britney Spears] and vice versa. I am proud of all the achievements she has made in her career, she is a very hard-working person. I have nothing but love for her. Christina Aguilera hard-work careers hate I don't see makeup as a defense. I see it as a creative outlet. I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage--and at times I feel extremely weak. And who's to say a little mascara doesn't make you feel more confident when you pop it on and look in the mirror? It helps, especially in my position, where I have people waiting down the street to take pictures of me so they can evaluate and criticize every little flaw on my face. Christina Aguilera makeup mirrors people Sometimes magazines will take artist's creative choices too literally; they assume that I actually live the way I do in music videos. For example: the whole "Dirty" thing. Do you think I wear chaps to the grocery store? Christina Aguilera artist dirty thinking I want to be a poet. I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore. Christina Aguilera poet bottles want I don't want to believe my own hype. I want to stay hungry and stay eager and be the best that I can be. Christina Aguilera hype want believe Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place. Christina Aguilera family hurt mother Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same. And I still remember how you kept me so afraid. Christina Aguilera family pain father During that Grammy moment, when I nearly collapsed, I was thinking, Are you kidding me? I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels. Note to self: Never wear a train onstage. Christina Aguilera moments self thinking You know what, I'm very interested in acting, but right now I'm busy promoting my album and going on tour because that's my first love, but I'm very interested in doing some parts that may come my way. I've been offered a few movie parts so far, but I have to really concentrate on singing. But it's something I'm interested in doing eventually. I haven't been offered a part that truly inspires me to take time off, though. Christina Aguilera first-love singing inspire
