Rihanna Quotes & Sayings

They're gonna keep knocking away until all this comes crashing down. But I'm not gonna ever crash. I'm in control. — Rihanna

Dancing was always part of my culture growing up in Barbados. When I shot my 1st video I worked really hard with my choreographer to perfect the routines. — Rihanna

I have an ugly day every month; pimples on my face, I'm fat and in a bad mood. It's more like an ugly week! — Rihanna

When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls. — Rihanna

It's amazing how lonely you can feel and like nobody understands ... The moment you are vulnerable, someone always reaches out ... .They go through the same things. I want them to feel comfortable knowing that I have flaws as wells. I want them to know those flaws. I'm afraid of the pedestal ... I want to be a peer to my fans — Rihanna

Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it's not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don't want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it's not unhealthy, so I'm going to rock with it. — Rihanna

There's not any religion or any culture or any race or any generation that cannot get AIDS or HIV. We all have to take responsibility for ourselves and get tested to know our status, and spread the word. — Rihanna

Something is wrong with Eminem. He has so much in his mind that I almost feel lucky that he has music. I feel like he has so much in his head that music is such a great release for him. He is one of my favorite artists. Absolutely. — Rihanna

When something feels real, you don't make any apologies for it. When it feels good to you, nothing else matters. Everything else is just noise. — Rihanna

Let go of the things that make you feel dead. Life is worth living! — Rihanna

I don't think I could walk down the street wearing bubbles or a dress made of ham. What Lady GaGa has done has been kind of amazing. I am the opposite. I wear clothes I would wear on the street. I'm all about a real look. — Rihanna

In the first two years of my career, there were a lot of restraints on what I could do. I couldn't wear certain colors of lipstick, like bright pink, dark pink or red; [my lips] had to be natural. Eventually, I stopped communicating with certain people at the label, and did exactly what I wanted to do. And that was to cut my hair, dye it black, change my clothes, change my sound. Really to just express myself. — Rihanna

Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, out of line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more. — Rihanna

When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it - and I lived it for me. — Rihanna

I don't do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life. — Rihanna

It's every girl's dream to be a cover girl! — Rihanna

Music is what I love to do, so you'll never have to worry about me not doing that. — Rihanna

I am never satisfied; I always want more. I always want to get better. I always want to climb another step. — Rihanna

If someone is right for you, you'll know it. — Rihanna

I like Toronto; the people are really chill. — Rihanna

Even angels have their wicked schemes and you take that to new extremes. — Rihanna

People gonna talk whether you doing bad or good — Rihanna

It's hard to imagine, but we cant think of HIV/AIDS as being somebody else's story. It could be any of ours. — Rihanna

Sometimes you just need your privacy. — Rihanna

Single life is so overrated. It sucks. — Rihanna

Tears were for the weaker days, I'm stronger now — Rihanna

Eff love. Come out of the situation and look at it third person. — Rihanna

When it comes to fashion, I like to see individuality. — Rihanna

Music is in my DNA! — Rihanna

I think honesty is the ultimate liberation in life. People want to shy away from the truth and keep sweeping it under the rug. But after a while, you pick up the rug and there's just way too much dirt, so you might as well
just be up front about it. — Rihanna

Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you. — Rihanna

When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed. — Rihanna

It started off really ... claustrophobic. I feel like I was really really protected. Really guarded with myself. I feel like they [Def Jam] were giving me the blueprint and I couldn't get with that — Rihanna

It's like you're screaming but no one can hear. You almost feel ashamed that someone could be that important, that without them, you feel like nothing. No one will ever understand how much it hurts. You feel hopeless, like nothing can save you. And when it's over and it's gone, you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back so you can have the good. — Rihanna

My knees on the ground, dear father, don't let me break, please make me stronger. — Rihanna

Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end. — Rihanna

I feel like pop stars can't be rock stars anymore because they have to be role models, and it takes the fun out of it for us, because we just want to have fun with art. — Rihanna

Fashion has always been my defense mechanism. — Rihanna

I'm crazy and I don't pretend to be anything else. — Rihanna

Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win — Rihanna

Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive. — Rihanna

Lipstick can glam up a whole look, especially in red. — Rihanna

All humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes. I mean, I could see myself in a relationship with a girl. — Rihanna

I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can't wait to do more. — Rihanna

I'm open to love. But guys should have to earn it. Because the minute they get it, they want something else. — Rihanna

Ask God for forgiveness, and leave your regrets in the past! — Rihanna

HIV/AIDS has been a big epidemic for my generation, it's been around for as long as I've been alive. — Rihanna

Love isn't complicated, people are, — Rihanna

I don't have anything to hide. — Rihanna

You just want something else that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful, because people always want what you have, and you always want what they have - no one is ever 100 per cent like, 'Yes, I'm the bomb dot com - from head to toe!' — Rihanna

Even as a child I remember thinking, She can beat me, but she cannot beat my outfit. — Rihanna

My new one (tattoo) says 'Never a failure, always a lesson' and is kind of my mantra to life, just a reminder. My life is just a crazy rollercoaster every day and whenever I read that it just reassures me. — Rihanna

Young people, we have this thing about us, this invincibility, because we're young and we're growing up and we want to have fun, and we want to be crazy, and nothing's wrong with that unless you're not being responsible. — Rihanna

I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years. — Rihanna

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to. — Rihanna

Im only as good as my team, I love you guys so much — Rihanna

I found the one, he changed my life, but was it me that changed? — Rihanna

I am happy and I'm single. — Rihanna

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do. — Rihanna

You will never be stylish if you don't take risks. — Rihanna

Nicki Minaj has a better booty; but I have better shoes. — Rihanna

When I was in love, I fell so hard. I was really, really, really in love. The way it made me feel was priceless. And in a blink of an eye, my whole life changed. Everything that I knew was different. I never thought I'd feel that pain in my life. — Rihanna

I want to give people a taste of the Caribbean, and show them the fun side of me. — Rihanna

Any man that tells me what to do is sexy! — Rihanna

Anything that feels familiar and comfortable [is home]. It's wherever I feel safe and safest. Most of the time, that's just Barbados. It's warm, it's beautiful, it's the beach, it's my family, it's the food, it's the music. Everything feels familiar, feels right and feels safe. So, Barbados is home for me. — Rihanna

I drink a lot of coconut water. It balances out all the other toxic stuff I put into my body. — Rihanna

Find light in the beautiful sea. I choose to be happy. — Rihanna

I have always loved kids. They are little adults with so much personality, and it is fun to work with that. Whether that means donating school supplies or medication, or [using my celebrity] to get them a bone marrow transplant, I want to help. — Rihanna

If I'm wearing a top, I don't wear a bra. If I'm wearing a bra, I just wear a bra. — Rihanna

My way probably wont work for most people but the more I got naked the more comfortable I felt. — Rihanna

I happen to think like a man, and do certain things guys like to do. I grew up around boys. — Rihanna

The thrill in fashion for me is taking a risk and daring myself to make it work. Even when I go shopping, I always buy something twisted and I know I'm going to have to figure out somehow to pull it off and make it my own. — Rihanna

I can compensate for all my weaknesses with my fashion. — Rihanna

I just really wanted to be myself. I wanted to be sassy, the attitude, all these things that I am. — Rihanna

Hurt me with the truth,don't comfort me with a lie. — Rihanna

I have too many clothes, I have too many options. — Rihanna

The music is an important and crucial part to an animated film. You don't think about it, but you can watch Tom and Jerry with no words, for hours, and the music dictates the emotion and where the story is going and how you're supposed to feel. Everything is in the music. — Rihanna

It is one thing to record an album but it's a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it. — Rihanna

Alcohol is the devil and I need Chinese food. — Rihanna

I wouldn't want to promote teenage girls having sex. But the reality is, it's happening, and they're just a little too young to understand how careful they need to be. That's a big battle with me, because I'm 23, and a lot of my fans are eight years younger than I am, so there's a bit of a tug-of-war there. I want to set the right example and, at the same time, live my life. — Rihanna

I have friends from rock stars to Rastas; I don't even know what an unexpected friend is. — Rihanna

I stand up for what I believe in and a lot of the time that can be against people's opinions. — Rihanna

Once you're back on your feet - if you ever make it back on your feet - that's the ultimate achievement. I remember I was in New York at the Trump Hotel and I woke up and I just knew I was over it. It was a different day. I felt different. I didn't feel lonely. I felt like I wanted to get up and be in the world. That was a great, great feeling. — Rihanna

It's tougher to be vulnerable than to actually be tough. — Rihanna

My story is definitely going to be a happily ever after, no matter what. — Rihanna

You don't want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone. That's what I'm missing right now. — Rihanna

I have several videos on my phone that I've never released. Having dance parties in our car, don't be jealous! — Rihanna

Man down is a song about a girl who has committed a murder that she regrets and is completely remorseful about. — Rihanna

Attention is something I've learned to ignore. This is what I do: I live my life and they document it. — Rihanna

Put your troubles aside and start living. — Rihanna

I'm not necessarily happy being single. It's not really that cool, — Rihanna

I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that's too straightforward, too routine, too familiar. I get bored really, really quickly. — Rihanna

I have such incredible experiences in my life. — Rihanna

I just love a challenge, whether it's a relationship, my career, clothing. — Rihanna

The more I swear I'm happy the more I'm feeling alone — Rihanna

So I guess I'm a fool, I'm a fool in love. But I'm willing to stay here, and bask in the glory of his heart. — Rihanna

I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it. — Rihanna

I try my best to avoid the sharks of life, but I have had my share of experiences with them, and in those cases I just have to handle them accordingly. But I do not swim with sharks ... sharks swim with sharks. — Rihanna

Fashion for me is another way I get to express myself creatively. It is one of the fun things I get to do: to play dress-up, and create outfits and looks that aren't typical. I am an artist, so I like creating things. Shoes are my favorite thing. — Rihanna

God just has a way of working things out the way he wants to and you have no say in that. — Rihanna