Jenni Rivera Quotes & Sayings

Mexican music runs through my veins. I loved it. Growing up, my father didn't allow us to listen to English music at home. That's all I heard. I had no choice. — Jenni Rivera

When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a divorced single mother of three at the time and a size 12 - not your typical model artist that labels feel work for the music industry. — Jenni Rivera

I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman ... it amazes me still. — Jenni Rivera

I am the same as the public as my fans. — Jenni Rivera

Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought that's what I had to do, but my counselors told me there was no way they would let me drop out. I had too much promise. — Jenni Rivera

I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually became emotional again. It's like therapy but sometimes therapy can be painful. But it's part of life and part of the autobiography so I'll have to finish it sooner or later. — Jenni Rivera

Whenever I took a step forward, it seemed as though life was pushing me five steps back. — Jenni Rivera

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. — Jenni Rivera

We never told on each other. That was an unspoken rule. — Jenni Rivera

I'm really in touch with my fans. Through their emails, letters and stories is how I decide what music I'm going to perform. — Jenni Rivera

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. — Jenni Rivera

I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women. — Jenni Rivera

I made a living out of singing Mexican music. — Jenni Rivera

I vowed that I would never tell anyone of my shame. They say that when you kept a secret, it eats you up inside, but I felt it was better that way. I wanted to appear strong in front of my children and my family. I didn't want anybody to know. And I would maintain my persona as Jenni, the Rivera Rebel who had never lost a fight. But deep down inside I knew I had lost a piece of myself that I would never recover. My soul had been shattered, but to the outside world I did just as I had been taught since I was a little girl; I kept my head up and continued forward. It is, after all, the Rivera way. — Jenni Rivera

I had no choice but to work hard. I was a straight-A student, went to college, and I loved business. I never thought I was going to be a singer myself. — Jenni Rivera

The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up. — Jenni Rivera

My ass is big because a lot of people have to kiss it. — Jenni Rivera

It doesn't bother me at all that some people think I am too outspoken. — Jenni Rivera

I've been recording since 1993. It was a hobby for six of those years. In 1999, I decided to do it full time and take it seriously. — Jenni Rivera

When somebody elses happiness makes you happy, it means you are a person with a big heart. — Jenni Rivera

You work hard and you have expectations. So I'm living my expectations right now. — Jenni Rivera

'Malandrinas' means 'bad girls,' but not bad in a negative way. I wrote it in homage to my female fans. — Jenni Rivera

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects. — Jenni Rivera

My mother never let on that anything was wrong. She kept her chin up and acted as if everything were just fine. So we did too. — Jenni Rivera

My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems. If I'm not going through it or I haven't gone through it, I want to make sure it touches someone. That's what I base my music on. — Jenni Rivera

I'm happy for the success that I've had, but I've worked so hard at it. — Jenni Rivera

I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future. — Jenni Rivera

Being a mother by far is my favorite and most important career. — Jenni Rivera

If I had the opportunity to speak to a young immigrant girl that just arrived to the U.S. the advice I would have for her would be: ask, speak, search; because there are opportunities out there. And, know that you aren't the only immigrant or the last to come to this country. Many that have come before you have succeeded. It is possible. — Jenni Rivera

The key to success in life is getting up early. — Jenni Rivera

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself. — Jenni Rivera