The five-time Grammy Award winner said “show business and society has changed tremendously” since she began her career more than 30 years ago and she does not know if she would have had “the patience to start a career today”.
The star was speaking at the launch of her first English-speaking album titled ‘Loved Me Back To Life.’
The album features more recent hit makers including Ne-Yo and Sia.
Dion said it is “liberating” to have reached a stage in her career where she does not need to “prove anything” to anyone anymore.
The multi-platinum selling singer appeared on The X Factor over the weekend, but said it is not a route she would have gone down if she was starting again.
“Everybody now just wants to be famous – the artists today, there’s no limits, they’re willing to do a lot – it’s not up to me to tell you if it’s wrong or if it’s right, but I’m glad I didn’t have to do that.”
Dion also touched on the provocative displays of current female artists – including Miley Cyrus and Rihanna.
She said: “I wish that they didn’t have to go that far, but you have to give them the freedom to present themselves as they want – it’s up to us to buy the records or not.”
Across a 30-year career, Dion has sold more than 200 million records and will spend Christmas performing at a sell-out residency concert in Las Vegas, but she admits at some point she will have to hang up her microphone for good.
“Eventually I will have no choice, at some point, I’m not even going to be able to hum My Heart Will Go On.”
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