1. “We found love in a hopeless place.” — Rihanna
2. “Music is in my DNA!” — Rihanna
3. “I play by my own rules so please think twice before you step into my life.” — Rihanna
4. “When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed.” — Rihanna
5. “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
6. “I never eat salad. I make sure I don’t put a lot of junk into my system, but I hate vegetables!” — Rihanna
7. “I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.” — Rihanna
8. “It’s nice to look back on your life and see things as lessons, and not regrets.” — Rihanna
9. “Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.” — Rihanna
10. “You may never be good enough for everybody, but you will always be the best for somebody.” — Rihanna
11. “I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against people’s opinions.” — Rihanna
12. “It’s nice to look back on your life and see things as lessons, and not regrets.” — Rihanna
13. “Let go of the things that make you feel dead! Life is worth living!” — Rihanna
14. “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
15. “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
16. “It’s important for me to know who I am. There’s no way for people to know me.” — Rihanna
17. “I’m really looking forward to seeing what life brings to me.” — Rihanna
18. “I take risks because I get bored. And I get bored very easily.” — Rihanna
19. “Nobody can understand what you’re feeling unless they burn the way you burned.” — Rihanna
20. “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
21. “Didn’t they tell you that I was a savage?” — Rihanna, *Needed Me*
22. “The minute you learn to love yourself you won’t want to be anyone else.” — Rihanna
23. “Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.” — Rihanna
24. “You have to let people be who they are. You have to believe that that’s going to be the best version of them.” — Rihanna
25. “Don’t lower your standards for anything or anyone.” — Rihanna
26. “People gonna talk whether you doing good or bad.” — Rihanna
27. “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.” — Rihanna
28. “You can’t master your future if you’re still a slave to your past.” — Rihanna
29. “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
30. “Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.” — Rihanna
31. “Success for me isn’t a destination. It’s a journey.” — Rihanna
32. “I take risks because I get bored. And I get bored very easily.” — Rihanna
33. “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
34. “Making music is like shopping for me. Every song is like a new pair of shoes.” — Rihanna
35. “I got teased my entire school life. What they were picking on I don’t even understand.” — Rihanna
36. “I think a lot of people are afraid of being happy because of what others might think.” — Rihanna
37. “I think love is one of the purest things you can sing about. One of the best things you can sing about.” — Rihanna
38. “I believe everybody’s an individual. You can’t judge someone based on someone else’s actions.” — Rihanna
39. “Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win.” — Rihanna
40. “Ask God for forgiveness, and leave your regrets in the past.” — Rihanna
41. “Sure, you wish you did some things differently. But there is no sense in becoming burdened with regret over things you have no power to change.” — Rihanna
42. “I’m crazy, and I don’t pretend to be anything else.” — Rihanna
43. “You may never be good enough for everybody, but you will always be the best for somebody.” — Rihanna
44. “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
45. “I am really looking forward to seeing what life brings me.” — Rihanna