Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.

It's frustrating always being compared to Britney because we are two very different artists... We both dance and sing but people have not yet had enough time to realise that there is a huge difference between us. If she wants to go and do something, I'll want to do the opposite.

The schedule is crazy - it's all suitcases and hotel rooms and you just go nonstop. It's a crazy lifestyle, it really is.

The roughest road often leads to the top.

My elementary school days were miserable. After Star Search, the jealousy got really bad that our neighbors slashed our tires.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.