Rihanna is a famous singer and songwriter from Barbados in the Caribbean. She was born on the 20th of February in the year of 1988. She is currently aged 31 years old now. Rihanna is also a businesswoman and she operates a successful beauty company. She grew up in a poor family and she used to sell shirts with her father when she was a child. Growing up, Rihanna suffered from painful headaches, which deeply affected her childhood. Her father was also an alcoholic and a drug addict, which is why Rihanna’s childhood was not that rosy.
Rihanna was discovered by an American record producer in the year of 2003, and ever since then, she has enjoyed massive popularity due to her songs. Rihanna has won multiple music awards due to her hit songs, and she won the Grammy in the year 2008. Rihanna performs multiple genres of music and fuses RnB and pop as well as hip hop elements into her music. As of 2018, Rihanna’s estimated net worth is around $210 million due to her successful company and her music. Some of her best songs include ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Work’ which have occupied the top spot in the Billboard charts of America.
- “When you realize who you live for, and who’s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it – and I lived it for me.” – Rihanna
- “It’s only up from here, no downward spiral.” – Rihanna
- “When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls.” – Rihanna
- “I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that’s too straightforward, too routine, too familiar, and I get bored really, really quickly.” – Rihanna
- “I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.” – Rihanna
- “Be a girl with a mind, a b**ch with an attitude, a lady with class.” – Rihanna
- “I don’t do things for the response or the controversy. I just live my life.” – Rihanna
- “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
- “Dancing was always part of my culture growing up in Barbados. When I shot my 1st video I worked really hard with my choreographer to perfect the routines.” – Rihanna
- “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
- “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
- “You almost feel ashamed, that someone could be that important that without them, you feel like nothing.” – Rihanna
- “When it’s over and it’s gone, you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back so you can have the good.” – Rihanna
- “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
- “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
- “I take risks because I get bored. And I get bored very easily.” – Rihanna
- “I don’t do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life.” – Rihanna
- “I could never identify with that word, ‘weak.’” – Rihanna
- “When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed.” – Rihanna
- “I drink a lot of coconut water. It balances out all the other toxic stuff I put into my body.” – Rihanna
- “If you don’t live your life, then who will?” – Rihanna
- “More than anything, I like a jacket. You can do anything with a great jacket, the bigger the better. You can have any silhouette underneath. It gives you an attitude. It makes a gown look cool.” – Rihanna
- “When I see myself as an old woman, I just think about being happy. And hopefully, I’ll still be fly.” – Rihanna
- “I think a lot of people are afraid of being happy because of what others might think.” – Rihanna
- “I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.” – Rihanna
- “People are gonna talk whether you doing good or bad.” – Rihanna
- “Don’t hide from who you are.” – Rihanna
- “Let go of the things that make you feel dead! Life is worth living!” – Rihanna
- “For the first time, I don’t want to get rid of the curves. My body is comfortable, it’s not unhealthy, so I’m going to rock with it.” – Rihanna
- “It’s important for me to know who I am. There’s no way for people to know me.” – Rihanna