Christina Aguilera Quotes

I'm a little bit more proud of Solange. She chose to do it her way. Because in the beginning, we wanted to mold her into this pop star, and that is not who she is. And we were wrong. I was wrong, the record labels were wrong... She wanted to do it her own way, and she did.

I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.

As a self-published author, you have the choice. Embrace the power to create a book that is truly yours. Don't be a whiner or a copycat.

When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively.

When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself.

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

I want to be a genuine artist who has a say in what I do.

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

I don't think I should be telling you every 10 minutes what to think. I like to leave the audience alone with the magic. I tend to trust the material, or I don't do it.

Always be yourself and rebel against what people tell you should be and be whatever you want to.

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.

My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.

Metallica lives in a little bubble. We just do our own thing. We're not part of any trends or waves or fads. We can just do our own thing, all the time. It's a great luxury. I don't think we were really appreciative of it until recently, and really understood that it is what keeps us alive. It's great to be able to have the freedom to run around and do all this crazy stuff, and at all cost, avoid making another record, just to piss our managers off.

I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick to my vision. I have to trust myself.

I'm certainly not who people think I am. I always do whatever I want to do, and my films are personal to me.

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

Be free, and live life fully.

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.

I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

I'm a bombshell, so I'm going to do me. If I want to go platinum, I'm going platinum.

I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.