Celine Dion Poses for a Daring Up-the-Dress Cover for 'CR Fashion Book'!

Celine Dion is on the cover of Carine Roitfeld‘s CR Fashion Book‘s 15th issue, out on September 5.

Here’s what the 51-year-old Courage singer had to say…

On Valentin Herfray [shoot photographer] experimenting with that up-the-dress cover shot: “I mean, five years ago I would never let [a photographer] near up past my kneecap, you know? Who would go under my tutu? Nobody. I mean, nobody. My husband, that was it. But I was just like, ‘Alright, here we go!’”

On her new personal style evolution: “I seek clothes that make me feel sexy, approachable, fierce, edgy, glamorous, fun…I’m crazy about clothes. They help me to express myself, as if borrowing characters to help me perform… They’re like songs. I don’t do ballads all the time; I have up-tempo songs as well.”

On why she prefers being called a boss instead of a queen: “I don’t want to be the queen. I’m the boss. That’s different. I’m the mother, I’m the boss, I’m in charge of my decisions with my team. I try to make the best of myself, to accomplish something, to always put the bar as high as I can. But the queen thing, for me personally, I don’t live that way. I can wear a crown. That I can do. Give me the crown and I’ll run the bathtub with bubbles. I dare you to come in and take a picture of that.”

On her weakness for feather-clad clothes: “Okay, Céline, you like this, this, this, this, this, and that, and they all have feathers. Can you choose two of your favorite eight looks with feathers?” They’re [Céline’s two stylists are] always trying to make a deal because, honestly, I’m just crazy.”

For more from Celine, head to CRFashionBook.com.