Quotes by Rihanna

Love isn't complicated, people are.

I think love is one of the purest things you can sing about. One of the best things you can sing about.

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

There's something so special about a woman who dominates a man's world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.

At first, I didn't really use anything in the social network world. I was so anti-social network, which is kind of ironic. I actually first started on a chat room on my fan site.

Music is in my DNA!

People take the little bit of information they're fed, and they draw a picture of who you are. Most of the time, it's wrong.

Everybody has their thing they like or don't like to see. It's all in your head. That's why people take their own pictures, because it's difficult for someone else to capture what you seek.

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

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.

I could never identify with that word, 'weak.'

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Success for me isn't a destination it's a journey. Everybody's working to get to the top but where is the top? It's all about working harder and getting better and moving up and up.

I always listen to music no matter what I'm doing. Music is definitely always something that drives the mood and creating and helps you lock that in and escape to a whole other world.

She's Beyoncé, and I'm Jay-Z's new protégée. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not friends friends.

I don't ever want to have to depend on a relationship. I think it's a really special thing to find love. It's beautiful. Nothing can match it. But I want to make sure that I find other things in life that I love besides ... love.

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

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.

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

More than anything, I like a jacket. You can do anything with a great jacket, the bigger the better. You can have any silhouette underneath. It gives you an attitude. It makes a gown look cool.

Never underestimate a man's ability to make you feel guilty for his mistakes.

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.

As a young female I think it's important that young people know there's nothing wrong with having fun, nobody is telling us to be square or be boring, but we have to be safe.

Only one party sticks out in my mind as a kid. It was the best party ever. I was 5 years old, and my mom dressed me up in a church dress and stockings to go to the party and park.

I have two main hair people I work with. They're always with me. I'm like, 'I'm bored! I wanna change my hair!' That's the good thing about a weave. You can do whatever with it.

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

To me makeup is a major accessory. It can change an outfit, it can make the outfit, it can be the outfit, and that's why I like to play with it.

I just love working with Eminem. He's just one of my favorite rappers, and his lyrics -- he's a true poet, and I enjoy that about him.

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

If I wasn't a singer, I think I'd be studying to be a psychologist.

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

Alcohol is the devil and I need Chinese food.

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

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

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

Fashion has always been my defense mechanism.

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

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

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.

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.

Don't lower your standards for anything or anyone.

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

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.

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

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

I was so rude when I was a little girl.

While in America beautiful is skinny, in Barbados it's thick -- girls with huge butts and nice curves.

I like Toronto; the people are really chill.

The more I swear I'm happy the more I'm feeling alone.

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.

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.

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.

Hurt me with the truth. Don't comfort me with a lie.

I find that when I get on stage now, I don't want to perform a lot of my songs because they don't feel like me. So I want to make songs that are timeless.

When I won the first Grammy, there was no other feeling like that feeling. It just made me feel like I came so far, like that was just a dream a few years before that, and then it was happening right then.

Whatever I'm feeling, whatever I'm going through, whatever mood I'm in... If I'm feeling like dancing or clubbing, then it will be reflected in the music. If I'm feeling dark and vulnerable, then it will reflect in the music, too.

I love making music. That's what I love to do. So I don't feel like there's any need to take a break unless I want to.

That's all I could ever hope for, to have a positive effect on women. 'Cos women are powerful, powerful beings. But they're also the most doubtful beings. They'll never know -- we'll never know -- how powerful we are.

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I'm not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that's why they identify with me.

The stylish kids on the street, they're the ones that set the trends. The designers see what they're doing and go and design their line and sell it back to the same kids, and it's like, why not go directly to the source?

Even now I will go to, like, an industry event, and all the ladies will be over here and all the guys over here, and I will go to the guys' table and sit because I just feel I can have a much better conversation over there. And that's automatic; it's not prejudice.

All my favorite artists and fashion icons and models are from the Nineties. Everybody was just so fearless.

The day I wake up without cellulite? Now that would be the perfect day.

I'm not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they're going through. I don't know if that's the healthiest thing, but it's the truth.

Steven Spielberg was my childhood hero.

Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment -- I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I'm on to the next thing. I don't want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

When I see myself as an old woman, I just think about being happy. And hopefully, I'll still be fly.

It's easy to make an album full of great songs. But I want people to go for the ride. The songs have to make sense together.

I don't have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can't even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It's just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

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

If I cry, it's because I'm very angry and I can't do anything about it because I've run into a dead end. That's when the tears would come down.

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.

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

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.

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.

People think, because we're young, we aren't complex, but that's not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.

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

My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards.

When I am putting looks together, I dare myself to make something work. I always look for the most interesting silhouette or something that's a little off, but I have to figure it out. I have to make it me. I think that's the thrill in fashion.

Single life is so overrated.

I have a lot of other stuff to accomplish before I get to kids. Whenever the time is right, I'll just know. If I had a girl, she'd probably be really rebellious. She would be like a bundle of karma. I would love to bring them up in Barbados.

My musical taste and image is going to change naturally. It's not forced; I do what comes natural to me. Sometimes, I like to be dark... other times, I like to be really light and ladylike.

I'd love to date somebody cool, fun, funny.

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!'

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.

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.

I never eat salad. I make sure I don't put a lot of junk into my system, but I hate vegetables!

I always keep my guard up with guys and I guess that can get in the way sometimes. I can make them go through hell.

I think I'm like most people -- we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don't deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it's very hard not to be fearless.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it's liberating, and it's empowering when you feel like, 'Well, I can do that, too.'

You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that's your body.

Music helps me tell my story. That's where I can really be heard. But there's so much focus on the things that aren't music.

I never know what day it is. Never, ever, ever.