Top 75 Rihanna Quotes

If Rihanna stripped it all down morally rather than with her clothes, perhaps we’d get closer to Nina Simone. She’s talented, but all we want is to sing the truth. If Britney Spears was to sing closer to her heart, she might have been the new Bobby Gentry or Dolly Parton.

Outside India, Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Beyonce, and Rihanna are my favourites. I also like Justin Bieber. I like Western jazz and pop. Been a classical singer, I have sung a song ‘Auliya,’ a fusion of Western and Indian classical.

I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence.

Obviously, everyone wants to work with Rihanna so that would be amazing. Maybe Drake or even DJ Khaled? I’m dreaming big!

In the West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber are the face of their songs.

Rihanna’s boots are too scared to look bad on Rihanna.

You don’t just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It’s okay to say, ‘My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.’ There are still so many combinations that haven’t been done yet.

I like really uberfeminine, classic-looking things mixed with something rougher around the edges. I’ve been looking at Rihanna a lot, checking her out. She’s got something going on that I am sort of craving a little bit.

I just realized I have probably spent more time in a strip club than Rihanna has, and that is saying a lot because she goes a lot!

I like upbeat songs, and I listen to a lot of Linkin Park and Green Day. I also like hip hop and R&B artists such as Drake and Rihanna.

Our audience isn’t One Direction, Katy Perry, Rihanna fans.

My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.

We get all excited about collaborations. You get excited to hear that Rihanna has something, because Rihanna is a singer, and she has amazing fashion. You want to see what she would create. I don’t get upset and think, ‘Someone else is going to do better than me.’ You’re like, ‘Oh, good for her.’

I’ve worked in a call centre and as a nightclub waitress. I served champagne to Rihanna.

I’m listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have to say I’m pretty well-versed in the pop female category.

Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.

I don’t really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It’s good to be inspired by singers who write music and dress incredibly – rather than models and people in the fashion industry who dress immaculately anyway because it’s their style.

I see myself getting into brand partnerships, acting, modeling, and just branching off. I feel like music is my way in the door. And then from there, it’s up. I’m going to have so many different things going on. I definitely idolize Rihanna’s career path.

I love Rihanna.

I admire Rihanna.

It would be wicked to do a mad ’90s tune and make it a duet with Rihanna. I love her new album ‘Anti.’ I’m into quite dark R&B.

And my daughter really likes Justin Bieber, so I think she’ll have fun watching him. But I think Rihanna is the perfect match for the Victoria’s Secret show because she’s really beautiful, she’s really sexy, and she’s really talented.

Zendaya – she’s a boss – and Rihanna as well. I feel like those are two very powerful women.

Rihanna takes risks, and I love a woman who takes risks. It just goes to show you have your own mind and your own way of thinking.

I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.

In the English market, I would love to work with Drake and Rihanna. Who doesn’t, right? In the Spanish market, maybe Romeo Santos.

Robyn is who I am. Rihanna – that’s an idea of who I am.

I love Rihanna’s products from Fenty Beauty.

I don’t sit there writing songs, thinking, ‘This would be good for Rihanna.’ I don’t want to be pitching out like that.

I would definitely love to work with somebody like Jay Z or Rihanna.

I have so many playlists full of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown.

Just because something’s kinda indie and whatever and only a few people know it, it doesn’t give it more authenticity over Rihanna’s ‘Work’ work work.

I want to do a song with Rihanna – we need to make that work.

I didn’t look like Rihanna. I was a bit chubby. I had puppy fat. I had a moustache. I didn’t want to have lips; I didn’t want a bum. I grew out of it, but I feel like everyone went through that phase of wanting to be skinny.

Rihanna is so into rock, and she gives me an empty canvas to work with. I get to do wild solos and crunch up the rhythms. It’s rock, it’s R&B, it’s hip-hop, it’s funky – all totally up my alley.

I’m a really artistic person, and so, with the live stuff, there’s a lot that I think is really cool. Beyonce and Rihanna have all these dancers. So with the live costumes and video costumes, I’d really like to have my vision. The way that I want people to dress is very specific. I love fashion.

I would love to get Rihanna on a Khaled song. That’s my friend, but every time I’m around her, I get shy.

Rihanna told me her parents used to argue so intensely, she used to get these headaches, these migraines that were almost not even treatable with medicine. The moment her parents separated, her migraines went away.

Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki Minaj, my kids – and what do they all have in common? They’re all lighter skinned. Do you think that’s an accident?

If I ever see Miss Rihanna wear my sunglasses, I would probably die.

Some of my favorite style icons are Kate Moss and Rihanna, except I’m a little bit younger. I put a little bit more teenage into it.

It’s hard to find powder and things for my skin tone. I look at Rihanna’s collection, and I’m always in awe because there’s a shade that exists for every skin tone.

I have a lot of respect for Eminem and Rihanna. They are both very real in their music.

I think Rihanna’s awesome, and I love her music.

With Rihanna, it’s always a collaboration, and that’s why I love her so much.

Even on vacation, Rihanna’s easy breezy chic is not complete without a red lip.

I’d be a pop star. Although, I was once sat front row at a Rihanna concert when she came down to the audience and sat on my lap, pointed the microphone towards my mouth, and I couldn’t sing a line.

Look at Rihanna. She’s so sexy. She comes from Planet Sexy. I worship her. I really, really do.

I think I, and the audience, would enjoy a kissing scene with me and Rihanna. That would’ve been cool for me to see, rehearse, practice, and all that. Me and Rihanna.

There is no pop category, let alone any infinitely gene-sliced genre name, to contain the lead in Rihanna’s voice in ‘Needed Me.’

I love Instagram! I like LaLa Anthony and Rihanna’s photos. They always have great photos.

I wanna work with my girl Maliibu Miitch. I love Maliibu. I definitely wanna work with Beyonce, Rihanna. I’m a huge fan of Rihanna and Beyonce, so that’s like my dream collab.

The second we were done on ‘The Sing-Off,’ we were like, ‘All right, now we’re competing with Rihanna and Taylor Swift.’ We’ve always set the bar high. We want a hit.

If my dog Ella, named after the Rihanna song ‘Umbrella’, could be with me at all times, that would make me happy.

I’m consistently recording and releasing stuff online or YouTube videos or whatever it is. I just don’t know if it’s going to be a full on, I’m the next Rihanna, or whatever. I’m not going for it to that level. But I love making music and I don’t think I could stop if I wanted to.

Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results.

What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience.

I would love to perform with Rihanna. That’s one of my biggest dreams.

The head-banging music gives me a headache. Katy Perry is fun, Rihanna, old-school ’90s hip-hop. Salt-N-Pepa. I like listening to that. Get the nerves out before the games.

Rihanna can sell just as many tickets in Cape Town as she can in Detroit.

I’ve always loved ‘Umbrella.’ Funny enough, my ex-husband wrote that, and I’m not saying it was meant for me or anything – people will start twisting this – it is Rihanna’s song! But I’ve always loved it.

As a songwriter, I listen to everything to be inspired… from Rihanna to Bruno Mars to Springsteen to Johnny Cash.

It’s one thing to look at someone like Beyonce and Rihanna and to see how beloved and talented they are, and it’s another thing to live inside it.

Working with Rihanna has changed my life.

Rihanna has revolutionized the beauty and lingerie industries, and that has an impact on the mental health of young women, who are measured by their beauty.

I got to meet Kanye West because we were shopping my artist deal, and I was interested in his label. When I met him, I played him all the records I had. He introduced me to Rihanna, and she recorded and cut some of those records.