I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams.

My kids give me the balance to live right.

No one can be Rihanna, except for Rihanna

I don't just sing for free. It's my work. You're paid for what you do. And I work hard.

Family and friends and Rene and the pregnancy fulfilled me with so much love.

I only record songs that touch me in some way, ones that I can relate to.

I think it is such a privilege to give a baby its first home inside your body. [After the pregnancy was over] I found myself massaging my stomach gently. I miss him being in my body -- stretching, hiccupping even. It was a wonderful, deep, loving, fulfilling feeling.