Christina Aguilera Quotes

The divorce was rough on all of us. I don't blame Hollywood for my family's problems. But having all of it reported in the press made it more of an ordeal.

Growing up in the public eye isn't easy.

Life becomes difficult when you're in this public eye, and I think that we all relate to each other and I try and really talk about it in my music.

I've been in these tabloids for 14 years now, and at some point you just become a Zen master of it all

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

I try not to read the negative comments, and when I do, I let it roll off my back. I remind myself that there will always be haters as long as you are in the public eye.

It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

I'm kind of like Britney Spears having a headache. Everybody wants to know about it.

It's what happens when you've been in the game a long time. We had to grow up in a very public way.

I think there's a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities.

You have people who are so passionate and touched by my work, which is so humbling. But other times, it's a little overwhelming. If I'm just trying to go to the bodega and get some coconut water, I have to put on a hat and some glasses - those kind of things.

Can you ever imagine yourself in a situation like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, where the world feels like they have a stake in your private life? I would never want it.

It must be so hard trying to figure yourself out in this industry. Justin Bieber has hit rock-bottom with everyone watching him; that is just so tough.

Being in the public eye puts you in a fix, and people are always wanting to know what you are up to.

No relationship is easier just because you're in the public eye.

Stars now also have problems with drugs, and it can be even harder being so out in the public eye - it's hard for them to keep their sanity and normal self present, but they can do it.

The truth is, anybody that becomes famous is an ass for a year and a half. You've got to give them a year and a half, two years. They are getting so much smoke blown, and their whole world gets so turned upside down, their responses become distorted. I give everybody a year or two to pull it together because, when it first happens, I know how it is.

Imagine what Ivanka Trump life has been like? She's been eaten alive by the media. I have empathy for that.

I've gone through a lot of the same things like Britney Spears. I just don't have a mug shot.

I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I felt I could only be myself when I was alone, that I turned into some kind of novelty. The only way I could get through that time was to drink. I poisoned myself with alcohol for years but I've never been into drugs in the way it was sometimes made out.

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life, they just don't have to do it in front of tons of people and with our media the way it is. I did, and I'm lucky that I had the resources and the money to take care of myself. Now I love me, so I'm OK.