Rihanna quotes

Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and businesswoman known for her distinctive voice and diverse musical style. Her influence extends beyond music into fashion and cosmetics, particularly with her Fenty Beauty brand. She has become one of the world’s best-selling artists and a powerful icon in popular culture. Here are 78 of her quotes:

[G]enetically my legs are supposed to be huge. I can't really think about it, or I'll go crazy.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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He's one of my closest friends in the industry. He makes me feel like a teenager - I have to act and think like an adult so much. He makes me feel young again.

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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.

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Never a failure always a lesson.

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When the door closes you have two choices. Give up, or keep going. Let them shut you down or prove them wrong. We all start somewhere. It's where you end up that counts. Grammy 2013.

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Well, there's always this human instinct about that, even from a very, very young age. I agreed that we are born with a sort of innate sexuality. But by like age 11, girls were talking about what they had and hadn't done. I hadn't even kissed a boy yet, so it always made me feel insecure, like I was never gonna be good or ready or know what to do - I didn't even have boobs.

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Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I'll give it to my family, I'll give it to my work - but I will not give it to a man right now.

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They'd complain to my other neighbor, who was very close to my mom, so we always got the message: I'm too loud. But we didn't really care. They can't tell me what to do in my house!

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

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

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

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

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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.

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The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently.

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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.

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