Chris Brown Quotes & Sayings

Wave to the haters like nanananana. — Chris Brown

My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during a performance on my birthday. It was amazing. — Chris Brown

The worst moment was when I was performing and I was about to sing, but I choked. I had a tickle in my throat and I started coughing, and I couldn't get the words out. It lasted for like thirty seconds, but I got over it, and luckily the crowd didn't seem to care. — Chris Brown

My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully. — Chris Brown

One thing people often want me to talk about is my public love life. When it comes to my love life, the perception seems as though I am a player. But that's not true. Love is something I am still learning. It's just an obstacle that I haven't yet mastered. I think that's my biggest hurdle in life. — Chris Brown

Jesus didn't die on the cross to BLESS our life, He did it to CHANGE our life. — Chris Brown

It used to be you that I like but now I'm going to do what I like — Chris Brown

I love Karrueche very much but I don't want to see her hurt over my friendship with Rihanna, i'd rather be single allowing us to both be happy in our lives. — Chris Brown

With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech. — Chris Brown

Unity is what we are afraid of so fear is insanity. Let's love each other. — Chris Brown

A heart ain't a brain
But I think
That I still love
you — Chris Brown

So please don't judge me and I won't judge you 'cause it could get ugly before it gets beautiful. — Chris Brown

Michael Jackson is the reason why I do music and why I am an entertainer. I am devastated by this great loss, and I will continue to be humbled and inspired by his legacy. My prayers are with his family. Michael will be deeply missed, but never forgotten. He's the greatest, the best ever. No one will ever be better. — Chris Brown

Gratitude is the key that unlocks wonder. — Chris Brown

I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls. — Chris Brown

With the song 'This Christmas' I wanted to do something that was kind of different. I mean, Donny Hathaway is an amazing artist. So I wanted to bring my flavor to the song so when people over the age of 45 or 50 hear it they'll be like 'OK, he did his thing with that record.' It's like I can appeal to everybody and not just a younger demographic. — Chris Brown

I love attention. If I see a gang of girls? That makes me dance even more! — Chris Brown

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life. — Chris Brown

Since I'm always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family. — Chris Brown

Ladies love me
I'm on my cool J — Chris Brown

You start to live when a moment feels like a lifetime — Chris Brown

I have a creative mind, so if I listen to the song, I have an idea, I thought of five or six months ago, I'll bring it back into the playing field. I can tweak ideas or make them better. Just come up with something and then we go from there. — Chris Brown

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY THAT WE GREW APART — Chris Brown

I'm just going to go out there knowing my teammates are depending on me to get the job done. I've got to go out and get it done, no letting down. — Chris Brown

I started when I was about 11, singing. — Chris Brown

It's the Roman numeral for 10. 5/5/89 is my birthday: 5 plus 5 is 10, and this is my tenth year since I got into music. 'X' is the 24th letter in the alphabet, and I will turn 24 when this album comes out. 'X' is also a metaphor, as in 'ex-girlfriend': it implies you're progressing and moving on in life, not holding on to the past and your old ways. — Chris Brown

IT'S HARD TO FORGET SOMEONE WHO GAVE YOU SO MUCH TO REMEMBER — Chris Brown

People who make mistakes and learn from them are role models too. I'm just happy to inspire growth and positivity. — Chris Brown

My story, or my life or my legacy can hopefully show [fans] that once you're down, that doesn't mean you're down forever. You never let up. — Chris Brown

I need to be the best Chris Brown I can be, — Chris Brown

Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all fun. I look at it like smoke and mirrors. I still think it's a dream, but I ain't pinching myself yet. — Chris Brown

I always imagined I could be what I wanted to be. — Chris Brown

Out of all the airports that are out there only about 5 percent have commercial service. — Chris Brown

If you're sexy and you know it put your hands up in the air. Put your hands up in the air, girl, put your hands up. — Chris Brown

You can't be old and wise, if you were never young and crazy. — Chris Brown

I think I can beat Usher on the dance floor. — Chris Brown

Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole life with that person. Liking somebody is just like, 'Okay, I like them because of this, this and this, but I don't knkow if I am ready to be in love with them'. — Chris Brown

I love it when you talk that sh-t. — Chris Brown

I'm gonna do clothes, but stuff that kids can afford. I want to get into the high fashion world very soon, but the stuff I want to start out with is the small stuff, for the kids, that anybody can afford the Nikes, or the Jordans, Or let's say they can't afford the big brand name clothes, so I would make a lower end line but still high-quality. — Chris Brown

Whether it be personal or musical, I just think I'm a walking art piece, just a ball of creativity. — Chris Brown

To be the best you have to beat the best — Chris Brown

Yesterday I fell in love,
today feels like my funeral,
I just got hit by a bus,
shouldn't have been so beautiful,
dont know why I gave my heart,
gave my trust,
gave everything. — Chris Brown

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out. — Chris Brown

I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy. — Chris Brown

Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too. — Chris Brown

I can't hate people for making judgment on me, or making a decision of liking me or not liking me. All I can do is try to better as a person. And I'm good with knowing everything isn't always going to be perfect. — Chris Brown

I'LL BE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU NOTHING WILL EVER COME BETWEEN US — Chris Brown

I love sneakers on a girl. I don't know why, but I guess it's because I'm still a young. I really like just like a girl who has style - a girl who does her own thing, is unique in what she's wearing and works what she's got. — Chris Brown

I don't know ... but I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. — Chris Brown

There's never a right time to say goodbye. But I gotta make the first move 'cause if I don't you're gonna start hating me. — Chris Brown

You are my greatest gift and I seal it with a kiss. — Chris Brown

I ain't afraid to drown if that means I'm deep up in your ocean. — Chris Brown

If men or women don't feel [the way I do], then don't live your life that way. Whatever works for your relationship. It's not just sex. I feel like that about dinner, about taking care of who you're with. — Chris Brown

I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist. — Chris Brown

I can say that I am only human and I have made mistakes. I can say that I try to live my life in the most true, honest way that I can. I am not perfect, no one is. No one is harder on me than me. No one can please everyone. No one can live in the past and expect to grow. I have been moving forward and hope that I am not defined by just a few moments in my life but all of the moments that will make up my life. — Chris Brown

Cause if i got you, i don't need money, i don't need cars, girl your my heart — Chris Brown

I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me. — Chris Brown

I tried to stay away from the Euro beats, and not go totally pop. Instead, I wanted to take the Quincy Jones approach. The record pays homage to the Stevie Wonders, the Michael Jacksons, the Sam Cookes. I wanted to put that classic essence of R&B and soul with the new age of music now. There's a lot of live instruments, and a lot less Auto-Tune. I really wanted to demonstrate my vocal ability, creating the vibe of me singing along with a band. — Chris Brown

I'm 18 in this album. I'm not losing fans, and I'm not disrepecting women, but you reach the maturity of taking it to the next level with a girl. It was only necessary for me to have at least one song like that. — Chris Brown

My mom told me as a youngster I was always intellectual, like as far as being able to adapt fast and quick. But I had a fun childhood, went to regular school. — Chris Brown

With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock. — Chris Brown

Haters keep on hating, cause somebody's gotta do it. — Chris Brown

To be the best you must beat the best. — Chris Brown

I drew a lot of inspiration from the Ginuwines, the Ushers, the Michael Jacksons, the James Browns, Sam Cooke. — Chris Brown

You are the fans, sit back and watch. That's all you're doing anyway. — Chris Brown

A man's attire is only an outward projection of his inward self ... — Chris Brown

It's Not My Job To Try To Persuade People To Love Me, It's Only To Try To Make Them Love The Music — Chris Brown

My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punches because everything was new to me. — Chris Brown

Girls are losing their virginity at 15, 16. I'm not promoting that. But my songs are talking ... about me becoming a man. — Chris Brown

When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents for Christmas. — Chris Brown

The Tote End (a large and foreboding terrace at Eastville) itself was demolished in the nineties. Sadly a monstrous Ikea store now stands in it's place. Where once tribes of youths performed their rites of passage and bodily fluids flowed in the name of love, hate and pride; Justin and Kate bicker over which wood flooring they should choose. It fucking kills me. — Chris Brown

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream. — Chris Brown