It's kind of like I'm Phil Spector, and I'm forcing a young girl to make pop music and perform exhaustively. Except, instead of it being someone else, that girl is also me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't want to be that girl who has that same style all the time where the music always sounds exactly the same, and you always know it's her.
Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.
When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.
A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl.
I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.
I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.
You have to be who you are when you do music.
There's a huge difference between who I am when I make music and who I am the rest of the time.
I'm not a girl who started getting into music and using my femininity to get attention. When I was getting into it, it was all pure skill.
Music isn't what I do. It's who I am.