Christina Milian

I've always loved 'Umbrella.' Funny enough, my ex-husband wrote that, and I'm not saying it was ...
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The will to never give up and to be fearless. That's what I have.

I have a fan base that goes everywhere from 5 to - I don't even know ...
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I was definitely a 'Full House' fan.

When I go home, I still have to clean my room, I still have to do ...
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A great script might come my way, and I could be in the middle of music. So, it's a huge choice that I have to make - if I'm going to go do a movie or if I'm going to turn it down - because it could be an opportunity that could send my career through the roof, and you never know.

At 18, I finally came into a relationship with a record label. My family got back on its feet. I was happy.

As a mom, that's at the forefront of everything in my mind, so I'm always trying to balance, whether it's bringing Violet to work or, the second I am done working, getting home to her.

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.

Because I get nervous all the time. It's weird but I think it's fun and it's refreshing. It's always good to be that way. That keeps me appreciative of everything.

At the end of the day, I'm Violet's mom, and I want the best for her.

Channing Tatum. He's a cutie-pie, but he's also got swag. Before him, my crush was Brad Pitt forever!

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.

Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.

Even if I am just sleeping with her or just watching cartoons in bed, I know Violet values that. I try to make the most of every moment and just make it special with her, because its what matters to me most.

'Dip it Low' is pretty highly requested for me. I get that a lot.

Every little thing I've done so far has been a dream of mine, and I've been able to accomplish it. It's still a dream every day.

Even in relationships, I don't get my hopes up or anything, especially not right now because I know I'm young and I've got plenty of time later in the future.

Everything inspires me, but when it comes to chemistry, and when it comes to the ups and downs of relationships, that's what's real for people.

For the longest, I was slightly naive when it came to the real world. There were a lot of fears I was afraid to conquer that were just holding me back from standing up for myself or taking chances.

For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends.

F. Gary Gray, I think, is one of the best directors I've ever worked with in my life, and I'd love to work with him again.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

Growing up, I had an internal struggle with my body because I was really chubby. My sisters were younger, and they were all skinny and all cute. As a teen, I definitely had, like, an extra 30 pounds of weight.

From singing to acting to songwriting to mom to fashion designer! It's been quite an evolution.

I am also a hard worker and people are sometimes surprised to see that as well.

I do love pears. All types of pears. Not too firm, not too soft, they have to be at the right time of their life.

I did a theatrical musical, Annie Warbucks, when I was 11. We did a tour and we stopped by Los Angeles.

I am not greedy, so I would gladly give a song to someone else to sing if it makes more sense.

I enjoy my fun time and everything like that but I love what I do.

I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.

I don't like peanut butter and jelly that much.

I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking.

I feel like if you don't put too much expectations and too much high hopes into things, everything will fall into place.

I felt like by doing 'Turned Up,' it was something for my fans. It would be a great outlet for me to come out musically and really step up my game.

I guess NBC must have noticed that one of my main staples is social media. So, when they approached me for 'The Voice,' I thought, 'Why not be the first one to do it?'

I go in full with my heart.

I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography.

I had a really great performance with Steven Tyler in the movie 'Be Cool.' I performed 'Cryin',' so we recorded the song beforehand. But I didn't get to meet him until I hit the stage with him, and we had a live performance with 30,000 people in the audience, and that was for the movie.

I have a lot of respect for the musical theater plays.

I have a fan base that goes everywhere from 5 to - I don't even know what age, but grown adults.

I have to have a little bit of time to myself right before whatever it is that I have to do because most of the time I'm sitting in my head convincing myself to calm down, all right, show down.

I have had fear in the past, yes. I've learned to fight it. But I still have my moments. I just have to remind myself that fear is all within your mind, and that you're only holding yourself back when you give in to it. Even fear of success can be scary.

I have always been a multitasker when it comes to my career, I've been an actress, a singer and everything because I love to do what I do.

I just got tired of waiting for things to happen through other people when so many other people are taking chances on following their dreams.

I have two sisters, so there is the three of us, and we're very close. We've been best friends since I pronounced it when I was ten and they were four and five.

I like a family guy. He must be fun, must like to go out, and has to respect his mom... my family is very important, so it should be likewise for him.

I know that my dad not being in my life made a huge impact on me.

I love 'Latina'! You guys have always been so supportive of me and my career. Now I have my family, and it's just awesome.

I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that.

I make a great lasagna. I also like making piccadillo. It's a Cuban dish with ground beef, tomato sauce, garlic and olives served over rice, with plantains. My ex-husband and all my boyfriends love it.

I sang the 'Kim Possible' song for their cartoon series 'Kim Possible'.

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career.

I make a lot of my own clothes. I don't like wearing the same thing everybody else wears.

I was a Tina Turner fan growing up.

I want Violet to be proud of every little thing that is her - her hair, her body. We're all different, and from early on, I've always said she has a very confident personality, and I want her to maintain that.

I signed to Def Jam and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with.

I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.

I was definitely a 'Full House' fan.

I would just love to do something where I'd have to train and work really hard and do one of those types of action movies, which a lot of women are doing now.

I will always do music, and now - with where the world is going with social media and people dropping stuff for free and doing this and doing that - there's no excuse.

I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school.

I would love to go to a restaurant on the beach. And that could be in Miami or that could be in Malibu or Bahamas, Mexico.

I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination.

I would love to do an indie film, as I've grown to have a more serious side.

If there's an inkling of abuse, I have to move on. Even jealousy - seems cute it first, but if they're getting in my head, it's not right for me. It's okay to be alone. It's okay to be single. The right thing will come along.

I'm a grown woman. The haters are definitely wrong if they think I care.

If you want to page me, It's OK! I've actually had guys tell me they were fans from the 'Kim Possible' days. And I've met people who still have the 'Kim Possible' theme song as their ringtone.

I'm doing everything in my power to be a great mother. I wish I could be with her throughout the day, because I'm always working, but I make sure that whether it's the morning or nighttime, I make it extra special.

I'm an entertainer, period. But I'd probably have to say my passion is in singing. I'm willing to go broke singing.

I'm all about 'molde de arroz con picadillo'.

I'm happy that I took time off to become a mom and raise my daughter properly and build a bond between the two of us.

I'm happiest when I'm with my daughter and I don't have any distractions with my phone going off.

I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.

I'm more vocal about my ideas in person and music.

I'm here to save someone. I really want to help other people, especially the youth.

I'm very passionate, and I care about the people that are around me.

I'm up all night, and then next thing you know, it's the morning, and I'll sleep, like, three hours. I'm a night owl. I'm usually in the studio at night working, and then I get home, I'm on my phone looking at Instagram pictures and buying stuff.

I'm not one of those girls who gets with somebody for the jewelry.

Instagram. Pictures. Lots of pictures! I don't really care to read everyone's thoughts.

In the world's eyes, what they know of me is from the blogs. What they know is from the media.

It takes a big man and a big woman to actually say, like, 'Okay, I'm in love with you, but I can't keep forcing it - it's only pushing us apart'.

It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.

It takes a lot of work to be a great mother, a great daughter, and a great friend. All those things take effort, and I think, after having my daughter, she opened up this fearlessness within me, and I'm setting an example for her.

I've always loved 'Umbrella.' Funny enough, my ex-husband wrote that, and I'm not saying it was meant for me or anything - people will start twisting this - it is Rihanna's song! But I've always loved it.

I've always felt a certain guilt to have them labeled as 'Christina's sisters' or, 'That's Christina's mom' but them looking for the respect to be named Elizabeth and Danielle and Carmen.

It's weird what a last name will do. I changed it to 'Milian,' and next thing you know, I was working and getting auditions and stuff, and it was crazy.

I've got Christian Louboutin' s 6 1/4-inch Equestria boots. I wear them so much, I turned the red bottoms brown!

I've been a fan of 'Rocky Horror'... my mom let me see it at a really early age.

Keep the faith, work hard: practice does make you perfect. Do what you can, and meet the right people to make it work.

Janet Jackson - I enjoy her style and her dancing.

I've teamed up with Pine Sol to celebrate the makers of home.

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

Love is what really fuels you, and that goes for relationships with a spouse or with family. Love is a beautiful thing.

Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home.

My father's in the military, so we moved a lot. I was born in Jersey but grew up in Maryland until we moved to L.A. to pursue my acting career. Music came into it after that.

My 'Chili Palmer' was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian, and she's my manager. Before getting into music, we actually educated ourselves, and I went to college for music as a business and learned the business side, and she read a lot of books.

My biggest lesson I've learned about love is to keep on loving. Love is love, it's amazing. It's fine. It hurts. It's probably one of the best experiences in life.

My mom has gone out of her way in her personal life. She's been with me on the road. She's had to deal with people giving her the 'that's the mom' and arguing. Just little things as a businesswoman.

My favorite thing about motherhood is the outpouring of love that is non-judgmental and beautiful. My daughter just makes me happy, and she motivates me to be a kid again.

Once upon a time, the homemaker was just Mom, but now we've evolved and come to a place where we're celebrating grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads - all the people that keep it safe and clean for our kids - and the overall health for ourselves so we can continue to function and do the variety of things we all do.

My real last name is Flores, and Milian is actually my mom's maiden name. So it's not made up, which is cool, it runs in the family. And it actually worked out better for my career to have the last name Milian, because Flores kept me in a little box, and no one really associated me with the last name Flores.

My mom was a cheerleader and had me as a teenager. I remember her giving me some pom-poms and teaching me how to do some splits when I was 3 or 4.

Social media has allowed fans and celebrities to really engage and have an organic interaction with each other. Ever since I've had the opportunity to use social media, all the way back to the days of chat rooms, I found I was able to really understand what the fans wanted, communicate with them, and share my lifestyle.

Shoutout to Latinas! You've been great at supporting me, and I appreciate you!

'Shelby Star' is going great. We shot a music video, and I'm building an app and some other things for the project.

That's my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, listening to music, all that inspires me so I focus a lot on that and practice.

Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now.

Staring down the barrel of a gun is the scariest thing you could ever experience. It's not funny. It's not for the movies.

The most challenging part of playing Magenta was knowing that there have been so many great Magentas before me, including Patricia Quinn in the original 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'.

The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I've admired her work for a long time, well Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons.

That's the greatest thing: an experience you can grow from.

The will to never give up and to be fearless. That's what I have.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

There are a lot of options when it comes between music and acting. For me, because I'm so passionate about my music career, you have to be extremely passionate when you have opportunities like films and real money actually coming to you compared to with music.

The writing process is more... it becomes a case of more like a diary for me. I mean, I write stuff down all day whenever I'm experiencing something that I think would be important for me to look at later on. You know, whether it be for writing lyrics or just for a memory, like, 'Oh, my gosh, I can't believe I was feeling that way at that time'.

Violet is my everything. She's the sweetest little girl in the whole world. She inspires me. I'm glad that we have such a close relationship because she makes me laugh and shows me how great life can be every day.

Usher and Shakira are so humble and easy to get along with.

There's nothing better than that feeling of new chemistry when you're so into someone, and you could care less about what anyone else thinks... and there's butterflies! It's a real feeling that people experience.

When I go home, I still have to clean my room, I still have to do the dishes. We have somebody come every now and then to do that stuff, but my mom still makes me clean before she comes.

Well, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He's definitely a cowboy. He's from Texas.

'We Are Pop Culture' is my clothing line for women that started with just T-shirts. The clothing line is urban street wear. It's for women that feel confident in their own skin and want to express themselves. The whole idea is to play with modern pop culture and previous pop culture using art and sayings.

When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool.

When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously.

When we were doing the cheerleading for this, I was excited about doing it because I always wanted to be a cheerleader. I always wanted to but I didn't get to because I was working.

When its time to go off to work, or work out, I have a great support system: a great nanny and friends who offer to help out whenever they can.

When it comes to my career and investing into myself, I'm going to be very particular and meticulous about how I'm doing things so that I can reach the level of success that I want. I'm also going to take some chances, because who better for me to invest in than myself?

With my first single, 'AM to PM,' I was just this cute 18-year-old. But 'cute' didn't get me older roles, and 'cute' wasn't selling records. I wanted people to see that I'd grown up, so I did 'Dip It Low.'

When you have something special, it's like everybody picks apart words. They'll pick apart a moment in a picture and take something that's special and trash it.

Women, we're all coming together.

You bring your children onto this earth thinking, 'Okay, I want to make sure that by that time, I'm gonna be good and that they'll be okay.' But it's like, every day we're worried, 'Are we gonna be good?' Things change constantly, so you just gotta push, and you gotta work to the core.

Working with John Stamos is a ton of fun. He's just the biggest sweetheart - and he's just still gorgeous as can be. Such a hottie!

You have to be a strong person to be in music, especially.