Rihanna Quotes

Even if people don't love it, I made exactly the piece of art that I wanted to make. It's super fearless - which is exactly how I feel right now. I am in a really good place.

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.

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.

I would say my relationship with my father has had a bigger impact on me than I knew. Even with the things that I love, the things that I am attracted to. A lot of it stems from the things that I've seen in my life as a child.

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

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!'

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

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

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

I never play the victim, I’d rather be a stalker.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Love isn't complicated, people are.

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

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

I play by my own rules so please think twice before you step into my life.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I absolutely do prefer a dominant guy. I play a very dominant role in my life, in every other aspect of it. And I like to feel like a lady still, at some point. I feel like that's the time when a guy really gets to be a man, and I get to be a woman. And if I'm being a man in the bedroom too, there's nothing really in it for me.

If you want to do something for Jah, then dont associate with people who do nothing

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Fashion has always been my defense mechanism.

You can't master your future if you're still a slave to your past.

Never a failure,always a lesson.

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

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.

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.

So much has happened in the past five years, I can't speak for the next five. What I want is to continue to grow. Because I am never satisfied; I always want more. I always want to get better. I always want to climb another step.

I've always been a dreamer...or let's just say I kept my options open. In my heart, I knew singing was gonna be in my future, but I considered psychology, hairdressing, banking, teaching, acting, modeling, aviation, and philanthropy. I just didn't know I'd pretty much be doing all of these things eventually!

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