These are some of Anastacia's most memorable and meaningful quotes. She always speaks her mind whether it be from a song, public function, or magazine article. This is what makes her so wonderful!!

"I was told that I needed to look a certain way, to sound a certain way, to move a certain way and all I wanted to do was just sing. I couldn’t understand why this was such an issue."

"it just took a while before I got the fever to actually sing."

"I've worked with people who tried to get me to sing like Celine Dion or LeAnn Rimes, but it didn't sound right -- it was like taking away my character."

"I am a Freak of Nature, I’ve always gotten looks of shock (or horror), depending on how you look at it, because I gather the way that I look doesn’t match the way I sound. So this album is basically about those types of people -- freaks. I guess you could say that I’m telling their story as well as mine."

"It was a very liberating record to make, I’ve always liked the idea that some of my favorite artists have been "freaks," or non-conformists, and that gave me courage, a constant reminder in the studio to make the record the way that I wanted."

"We had two months to make the record, and that was good by me. We had no time to second guess or to get cute, so the writing and recording was spontaneous, raw and direct."

"For those with Crohn’s, holding in our emotions or masking her unhappiness fuels the symptoms, What is seen as a curse for some, is a gift for me, because it has helped me to discover who I really am as a person. The disease has given me a clear window to my own emotions, which causes me to live each moment and to understand exactly how I’m behaving in a particular situation."

It's not just one sound that carries you through Freak of Nature, I find it to be a playful recording with attitude. It's strong and powerful to me, but in the end people should make up their own minds."

It was called The Cut. It's like an MTV version of Star Search. That's how I describe it, and the only thing I can say is this whole year and a half has been the biggest fairy tale story. Before I did The Cut, I was on unemployment. I stopped singing. I was discouraged. It was everything. I got fired from a job for the first time.