Rihanna Quotes

I take risks because I get bored. And I get bored very easily.

- Rihanna

Get, Very, Take, Risks

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

- Rihanna

Never, Word, Could, Identify

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.

- Rihanna

Tears, Very, About, Cry

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

Cent, Something Else, Toe, Dot

I feel like I'm being watched. Always. Like, I want to tan topless somewhere, and I know I probably could never do that. Even if I'm upstairs in my bedroom, and the curtains are pulled, I feel like a paparazzo's outside on a boat somewhere, or somebody's peeping.

- Rihanna

Feel, Somewhere, I Feel Like, Curtains

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.

- Rihanna

Bigger, More, Like, Jacket

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

Other, Out, Pants, Club

I'm turned on by guys who are cultured. That'll keep me intrigued. They don't have to have a single degree, but they should speak other languages or know things about other parts of the world or history or certain artists or musicians. I like to be taught. I like to sit on that side of the table.

- Rihanna

Other, About, Turned, Cultured

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.'

- Rihanna

Feel, Like, Breaks, Liberating

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.

- Rihanna

I Think, Very, Feared, Unknown

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.

- Rihanna

Thrill, I Think, Putting, Silhouette

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

- Rihanna

My Life, Things, Controversy, Response

Steven Spielberg was my childhood hero.

- Rihanna

Hero, Childhood, Spielberg, Steven

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?

- Rihanna

Doing, Set, Designers, Directly

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.

- Rihanna

Feel, Here, Industry, Ladies

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

- Rihanna

Need, Them, Then, Now And Then

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

Want, Your, Then, Missing

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.

- Rihanna

Feet, Big, Next, Unsafe

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.

- Rihanna

Follow Your Heart, Always, Believed

I do have a vulnerable side. I think a lot of people have a misperception of me. They only see the tough, defensive, aggressive side. But every woman is vulnerable.

- Rihanna

Think, I Think, Side, Aggressive

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

- Rihanna

Love, Think, I Think, Purest

I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They've shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can't be homophobic in this line of work - I'm a pop star!

- Rihanna

Love, Dancers, Line, Pop Star

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.

- Rihanna

Could, Also, Doubtful, Women Are

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

- Rihanna

Fearless, Everybody, Models, Nineties

There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.

- Rihanna

Long Way, Away, Pretend, Floating

Single life is so overrated.

- Rihanna

Life, Single, Single Life, Overrated

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

- Rihanna

Body, Toxic, Other, Balances

If I ever go to West Africa, it would probably be for a free concert. I would want to do something for the people there. Maybe we can make a whole event, the way Bob Marley would have done it. Just for the people. And if they climb over the gate, let them climb over the gate.

- Rihanna

Concert, Maybe, Whole, Gate

Streaming is a really big market for me. We've been doing great in the streaming market, so it's not something I want to alienate at all. Streaming counts now. They're treating artists the way we deserve to be treated.

- Rihanna

Big, Been, Treated, Alienate

I love singing. I love it, and it doesn't feel like a chore. It's an expression.

- Rihanna

Love, Expression, I Love, Chore

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.

- Rihanna

Love, Enjoy, About, True Poet

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

Love, Dress, Reason, Observing

I got teased my entire school life. What they were picking on I don't even understand.

- Rihanna

Understand, Got, Entire, Teased

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

- Rihanna

Hair, Sound, Cut, Changed

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.

- Rihanna

Other, Image, Musical, Ladylike

Making music is like shopping for me. Every song is like a new pair of shoes.

- Rihanna

Song, New, Making, Shopping

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

Doing, Straightforward, Bored

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.

- Rihanna

Work, Always, Like, Bored

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.

- Rihanna

Ironic, Social, Which, Chat

Honestly, I've been thinking lately about how boring I am. When I do get time to myself, I watch TV.

- Rihanna

Been, TV, Honestly, Lately

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

Dancing, Perfect, Always, Routines

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.

- Rihanna

Want, Go, Album, Together

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.

- Rihanna

Want, Like, Perform, Timeless

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

- Rihanna

Salad, Vegetables, Sure, Junk

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.

- Rihanna

Focus, Tell, Really, Helps

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

Book, Perfect, Tone, Unhealthy

My jewelry's all fake - from Claire's. Or I get it from my mom's boutique in Barbados.

- Rihanna

Mom, Jewelry, Get, Fake

Oh my God - this is scary and sad all at the same time. I literally dream about buying my own groceries. Swear to God. Because it is something that is real and normal.

- Rihanna

Normal, My Own, Oh My God, Swear

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

- Rihanna

Woman, Think, Still, Hopefully

When it comes to everybody else's thing and their lane and their timing, I'm never doing anything intentional to, like, come after somebody. That will always be my biggest mistake or anybody's biggest mistake if that's their intention.

- Rihanna

Doing, Everybody, Anybody, Lane

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

My Life, Back, Caught, Realize

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

- Rihanna

Clothes, Too, Many, Options

If you're performing music that is not who you are or where you're at, it is painful. It's painful for the performer and for the audience.

- Rihanna

Music, Audience, Performer, Painful

I don't like cream puff, corny guys. Usually, they are the nice guys, the ones that won't hurt you. They'll pull out the chair for you and the whole nine yards. Everything is perfect and boring.

- Rihanna

Perfect, Nine, Whole, Puff

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.

- Rihanna

Love, Broken, Think, Hearts

I can't make a song for a particular person or demographic. If I love it, I'm gonna do it. I have to perform it for the rest of my life. A song is like a tattoo - you can never get away from it.

- Rihanna

Love, Song, My Life, Demographic

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

- Rihanna

Give, Caribbean, Side, Fun

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.

- Rihanna

My Life, Wanting, About, Fearful

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

- Rihanna

Woman, Think, Act, Forces

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.

- Rihanna

Through, Always, Guard, Guys

I was so rude when I was a little girl.

- Rihanna

Girl, Rude, Little, Little Girl

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.

- Rihanna

Other, Like, Before, Happening

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.

- Rihanna

Own, Like, Everybody, Capture

Robyn is who I am. Rihanna - that's an idea of who I am.

- Rihanna

I Am, Idea, Am, Rihanna

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.

- Rihanna

Fed, Draw, Little Bit, Wrong

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.

- Rihanna

Love, Other, Before, Barbados

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.

- Rihanna

Dancing, Mood, Through, Vulnerable

Music is in my DNA!

- Rihanna

Music, DNA

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

- Rihanna

Mother, Standards, Would, Certain

The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently.

- Rihanna

Everyone, Line, Differently, Bottom Line

People - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me.

- Rihanna

Role Model, Want, Role, Model

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.

- Rihanna

Through, More, Going, Generally

I always wanted to do what my brothers were doing. I always wanted to play the games they played and play rough and wear pants and go outside.

- Rihanna

Play, Doing, Always, Played

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

Play, Listen, Been, Huge Difference

I like to be creative.

- Rihanna

Like, Creative

My body is weird. I wake up when the sun comes up, and it's hard for me to go to sleep. My thoughts just take over.

- Rihanna

Thoughts, Go, Over, Sun

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.

- Rihanna

Love, Think, I Think, Empowered

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.

- Rihanna

Love, May, Your, Comfortable

I am happy and I'm single.

- Rihanna

Happy, I Am, Single, I Am Happy

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

- Rihanna

Say, Wants, Things, Working

I'm really looking forward to seeing what life brings to me.

- Rihanna

Seeing, Forward, Brings, Looking

I don't have anything to hide.

- Rihanna

Anything, Hide

I have such incredible experiences in my life.

- Rihanna

Life, My Life, Experiences, Incredible

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

- Rihanna

Perfect, Wake, Would, Wake Up

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

- Rihanna

Crazy, Pretend, Else, Anything Else

If you don't live your life, then who will?

- Rihanna

Will, Your, Then, Live

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

- Rihanna

Girl, Dream, Every, Cover

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

- Rihanna

Know, You, Someone, Right

I could never give relationship advice to anybody!

- Rihanna

Never, Give, Could, Advice

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

- Rihanna

Love, Cool, Somebody, Date

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.

- Rihanna

Love, Making, Like, Unless

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

- Rihanna

Love, Movies, I Love, Wait

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