Christina Aguilera

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

When you're unhappy in your marriage, your children are the ones who suffer.

I'm not a 9-to-5 woman who has the same kind of lifestyle for years on end. I couldn't do it.

I'm a lucky girl.

I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.

I'm a smart girl. There are decisions that I make for reasons, and the most important thing is that my son is happy and he always will be. He's surrounded by love.

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home.