BEYONCE
I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic.
Beyonce Quote From 'Marie Claire', Oct. 2008.
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BEST BEYONCE & RIHANNA QUOTES
RIHANNA
When I was in love, I fell so hard. I was really, really, really in love.
Rihanna Quote From 'Harper's Bazaar', Aug. 2012.
RIHANNA
I'm crazy and I don't pretend to be anything else.
Rihanna Quote From Twitter, April 17, 2012.
BEYONCE
Power's not given to you. You have to take it.
Beyonce Quote From 'GQ', Feb. 2013.
RIHANNA
I want to be the black Madonna.
Rihanna Quote From 'Paper', July 13, 2007.
BEYONCE
People would be surprised as to the lack of experiences I’ve had. When I was 12, 13 I had my first boyfriend, and he was my boyfriend till I was 17.
Beyonce Quote From 'The Telegraph', Nov. 8, 2008.
RIHANNA
I go to strip clubs — sometimes with men, sometimes on my own. Why? Cos I enjoy the music. It has a certain vibe and I watch the girls pole dancing.
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', April 2013.
BEYONCE
When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don’t know you think.
Beyonce Quote From 'Interview', Aug. 2001.
RIHANNA
I like to be spanked. Being tied up is fun. I like to keep it spontaneous. Sometimes whips and chains can be overly planned — you gotta stop, get the whip from the drawer downstairs . . . I’d rather have him use his hands.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', March 2011.
BEYONCE
If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.
Beyonce Quote From 'Interview', Aug. 2001.
RIHANNA
If I walk out of the hotel to go to Starbucks, it’s like, thousands of fans are walking there with me. It’s a lot. And that’s why I don’t do much on tour. I just hide out in my hotel.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue' (US), March 2014.
BEYONCE
I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what’s sexy. And men define what’s feminine. It’s ridiculous.
Beyonce Quote From 'GQ', Feb. 2013.
RIHANNA
Before, young girls would look at me and think my life was perfect. Now they realise it’s not.
Rihanna Quote From 'The Guardian', Nov. 2009.
BEYONCE
Thank God for our struggles, for our trials and tribulations, because they've made us who we are.
Beyonce Quote From 'Interview', Aug. 2001.
RIHANNA
Life can be such a dick sometimes, right?
Rihanna Quote From 'GQ', Nov. 2012.
BEYONCE
The pressure to be thin is unbelievable. You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun.
Beyonce Quote From 'Shape', April 2013.
RIHANNA
People - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue' (UK), Nov. 2011.
BEYONCE
I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working non-stop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.
Beyonce Quote From 'Elle', Jan. 2009.
RIHANNA & BEYONCE meet at a Roc Nation pre-grammy's brunch in West Hollywood, California, 2013.
RIHANNA
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.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', April, 2011.
BEYONCE
I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.
Beyonce Quote From 'Marie Claire', May 2009.
RIHANNA
Any man that tells me what to do is sexy.
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', Dec. 2014.
BEYONCE
The more successful I become, the more I need a man.
Beyonce Quote From 'Elle', Jan. 2009.
RIHANNA
My mother would kill me if I posed nude!
Rihanna Quote From 'The Sun', 09 July, 2008.
BEYONCE
I like to show my waistline and legs. I feel women should find their best features and accentuate them.
Beyonce Quote From 'Harper's Bazaar', Oct. 2011.
RIHANNA
I grab boobies all the time, I’m obsessed. I don’t have much, so anytime I see a good rack I’m like, ‘Wow, I wish mine looked and felt like that.’
Rihanna Quote From 'Hot 97' Radio Interview, Nov. 2010.
BEYONCE
My biggest thing is to teach not to focus on the aesthetic. It’s really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you beautiful.
Beyonce Quote From 'People', May 06, 2012.
RIHANNA
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.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', April, 2011.
BEYONCE
Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy. Marilyn Monroe, because she was a curvy woman. I’m drawn to things that have the same kind of silhouettes as what she wore, because our bodies are similar.
Beyonce Quote From 'Cosmopolitan', Nov. 2007.
RIHANNA
Women are beautiful. I’m not into them but they are hot.
Rihanna Quote From 'Hot 97' Radio Interview, Nov. 2010.
BEYONCE
Women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don’t get the same opportunities as men do, or money for that matter. Because let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define our values and to define what’s sexy and what’s feminine and that’s bullshit. At the end of the day, it’s not about equal rights, it’s about how we think. We have to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.
Beyonce Quote - 'Vogue', May 2013.
RIHANNA
My first kiss was in high school, and it was the worst thing ever. He pretty much dumped his entire saliva glands into my mouth. It traumatized me.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', April 2011.
BEYONCE
I have out-of-body experiences [on stage].
Beyonce Quote From 'Marie Claire', Aug. 2008.
RIHANNA
I have a very firm relationship with God and I believe in Jesus, and I stick to that.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', Mar. 2014
BEYONCE
Whenever I’m confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.
Beyonce Quote From 'Interview', August 2001.
RIHANNA
I Instagram everything about my life, whether it’s smoking pot, in a strip club, reading a Bible verse – how crazy, I know!
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', April 2013.
BEYONCE
Things I do when performing I would never do normally.
Beyonce Quote From 'Marie Claire', Aug. 2008.
RIHANNA
When you’re alone, and those horny moments come up, pictures can be very handy.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', April 2011.
BEYONCE
I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We’re African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like The Jacksons.
Beyonce Quote From 'Elle', Jan. 2009
RIHANNA
When I think about it, I really do take some pleasure in the negativity. I don’t want to say turned on by it — but I’m turned on by it.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', April 2011.
BEYONCE
Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.
Beyonce Quote From 'GQ', Feb. 2013
RIHANNA
Seriously, all I want is a guy to take me out and make me laugh for a good hour and take my ass back home. He doesn’t even have to come up.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', Nov. 2012.
BEYONCE
When I’m not feeling my best I ask myself, ‘What are you gonna do about it?’
Beyonce Quote From 'Complex', July. 2011
RIHANNA
I’m super dooper afraid of the pedestal that comes with fame.
Rihanna Quote From 'Oprah', Aug. 2012.
BEYONCE
I do think that I’m opening doors for more black women, just like Halle [Berry] and Diana Ross opened doors for me.’
Beyonce Quote From 'Marie Claire', Aug. 2008.
RIHANNA
I could never tell a 10-year-old to look [up to] me, because I know I’m not perfect.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', Feb. 2013.
BEYONCE
It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else’s job to take care of me but me.
Beyonce Quote From 'Harper's Bazaar', Oct. 2011.
RIHANNA
I was abused in the past but you don’t see me run around killing people in my spare time.
Rihanna Quote From BET, June 02, 2011.
BEYONCE
When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.
Beyonce Quote From 'GQ', Feb. 2013
RIHANNA
When I did that metallic stuff for my 'Umbrella' video, I didn't do it to show my body.I didn't do it for people to like me. I did it because it was a cool, visual, unexpected, and it looked hot. I just find myself leaning toward stuff that only Madonna can pull off.
Rihanna Quote From 'Paper', July 2007.
BEYONCE
The first artist I was inspired by was Van Gogh. I was 17 and began doing my own paintings. I used to copy his style. When I was 20 I visited the Sistine chapel and saw Michelangelo's work and it was one of the most spectacular experiences of my life.
Beyonce Quote From 'Harper's Bazaar', Oct. 2011.
RIHANNA
There are very few women who can dye their hair Bozo-the-Clown-red and still look so cool.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', April 2011.
BEYONCE
Creatively, I definitely look to my mother. Everyone in my life serves a different purpose and has a different ear, and a different type of advice.
Beyonce Quote From 'Vogue', May. 2013
RIHANNA
I want it [my music] to have the feeling that brings you out of whatever you’re going through. I want it to spark that fire. I want it to be real, authentic, raw.
Rihanna Quote From 'GQ', Dec. 2012
BEYONCE
I write a lot of my songs for women. A lot of the songs are about things that we need to hear. Things I wouldn’t really say, or I wish I could say. I’m kind of a voice for a lot of young women.
Beyonce Quote From 'The Daily Telegraph', Nov. 08, 2008
RIHANNA
There are people in the world who will love you, and people in the world who will hurt you, and there are people in the world who will do both.
Rihanna Quote From 'GQ', Jan 2010.
BEYONCE
We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up gender equality becomes a natural way of life.
Beyonce Quote From 'Gender Equality Is A Myth', 12 Jan. 2014
RIHANNA
Even for him [Chris Brown], like, he knows now that he’s never going to do that again. And now, young girls also, they learn from it, and I really hope young men can learn from it. Even more than the girls, the men really need to learn from it. Because everyone’s focusing on the women, but the problem isn’t the women.
Rihanna Quote From 'The Guardian', 21.11.2009
BEYONCE
If you’ve been doing all you can and it’s not happening for you, go out and have you a good old time. Put on your sexy dress and move on.
Beyonce Quote From 'Marie Claire', June 2009.
RIHANNA
I actually feel really bad for my father. He was abused too — he got beat up by his stepdad when he was young. He has resentment toward women, because he felt like his mom never protected him.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', April 2011.
BEYONCE
There have been times where my mom has literally smacked me in my face. When I was 19…..we were in the record store, my mom and dad were both there, and my song was playing, and I was feeling like hot stuff. She was asking me something and I started singing while she was talking to me. And there were some really cute guys in the store who were noticing me, and I was like, "Oh, yeah! I’m hot!" And my mom said, "I’m talking to you." And I kept singing. And so she smacked me - slapped me in my face, so hard. And my dad said, "What are you doing?" Because I didn’t get spankings growing up. They didn’t believe in that. My mom said, "She thinks she’s hot stuff ‘cos her single is out. Nobody cares about that! You are still my child. I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it! Now go sit in the car." But it was the best thing she could have ever done to me because for the first time I realised I was losing sight of what was important.
Beyonce Quote From 'The Daily Telegraph', Nov. 08, 2008
RIHANNA
He [my father] slapped me so hard. I ran home with his handprint on me. I couldn’t believe it. My mother saw my face, how traumatized I was.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', April 2011.
BEYONCE
Whenever I’ve had a video that’s great, I’ve definitely bled somewhere - the dancing, and the shoes, and the costumes - it’s always a ring or something that slices me.
Beyonce Quote From 'Vogue', May 2013.
RIHANNA
I happen to think like a man, and do certain things guys like to do. I grew up around boys.
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', April 2013.
BEYONCE
I’ve fallen quite a few times, so I’ve learnt how to fall. It’s very rare that I’m not bruised in my life. I’m always bruised somewhere - like my legs, my hips, I’ve hit something, I’ve fallen.
Beyonce Quote From 'Vogue', May 2013.
RIHANNA
I do think I’m a bit of a masochist. It’s not something I’m proud of, and it’s not something I noticed until recently. I think it’s common for people who witness abuse in their household. They can never smell how beautiful a rose is unless they get pricked by a thorn.
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', April 2011.
BEYONCE
I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I do believe in equality. Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything?
Beyonce Quote From 'Vogue', May 2013.
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RIHANNA
Even now, like, I will go to an industry event and all the ladies will be over here and all the guys over here, and I will go to the guys’ table and sit just because I feel like I can have a much better conversation over there. And that’s automatic, it’s not prejudice.
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', April 2013.
BEYONCE
My mother was a strong woman and she always told me, do for yourself. That’s one of the reasons I have songs about independence and women that work hard.
Beyonce Quote From 'The Daily Telegraph', Nov. 08, 2008
RIHANNA
I think women want freedom, they want to be empowered, they want hope, they want love, they want all the things that I want and I’m not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that’s why they identify with me.
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', April 2013.
BEYONCE
Women in a hair salon are more open than men in a barbershop. They'll look at fashion magazines and listen to Anita Baker and talk about men cheatin' on them. That's juicier than any barbershop.
Beyonce Quote From 'Elle', Jan. 2009.
RIHANNA
When I was young and I would watch television and I would see all the children suffering, I always said: when I grow up, I want to help.
Rihanna Quote From 'The Believe Foundation', Mar. 2008.
BEYONCE
In my videos, I always want to be a powerful woman. That’s my mission.
Beyonce Quote From 'W', July 2011.
RIHANNA
I think a lot of people have a misperception of me. They only see the tough, defensive, aggressive side. But every woman is vulnerable.
Rihanna Quote From 'Interview', Dec. 2010.
BEYONCE
I have a lot of awards, and I have a lot of these things that are amazing. And I worked my ass off. I worked harder than probably everybody that I know to get those things. But nothing feels like my child saying 'mommy.'
Beyonce Quote From 'Complex', July. 2011.
RIHANNA
I would love to go on a date. You don’t think that? I’m a woman. A young woman, vibrant, and I love to have fun. And I have too many vaginas around me at this point.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', Nov. 2012.
BEYONCE
Make sure you have your own life before becoming someone’s wife.
Beyonce Quote From 'Oprah', Nov. 13, 2008.
RIHANNA
You don’t want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone.
Rihanna Quote From 'The Jonathan Ross Show', Feb. 2012
BEYONCE
I feel like Mrs Carter is who I am, but more bold and more fearless than I've ever been.
Beyonce Quote From 'Vogue', May 2013.
RIHANNA
I was like, who am I trying to please? None of these motherfuckers know me! Why do I care about what they think? I started thinking, what if I went my whole life trying to please everybody?
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', April 2013.
BEYONCE
When you’re a pop star, it’s a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.
Beyonce Quote From 'The New York Times', Nov. 14, 2008.
RIHANNA
I don’t go out of my way to be a rebel or to have that perception, but a lot of the decisions I make, a lot of the direction I want to move, is against the grain, or against society’s tight lane.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', Mar. 2014.
BEYONCE
I am finally at the stage in my life where I am not so concerned with other people's opinions about my life decisions.
Beyonce Quote From 'Harper's Bazaar', Oct. 2011.
RIHANNA
I hate going to hotels when I’m on tour. I like to stay on the bus. I can sleep, I can shower, I can just pull up right to the venue everyday.
Rihanna Quote From 'Esquire', Nov. 2011.
BEYONCE
I watch my performances, and I wish I could just enjoy them, but I see the light that was late. I see, ‘Oh God, that hair did not work.’ Or ‘I should never do that again.’ I try to perfect myself.
Beyonce Quote From 'GQ', Feb. 2013
RIHANNA
I had all these eyes on me, critic after critic! I’d heard so many things, I was kind of numb to it.
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', April 2013.
BEYONCE
My visit to Egypt was a really big inspiration for me. Once the sun went down, I saw not one woman; it was shocking and fascinating to me, because it was so extreme. I saw thousands of men walking down the street, socializing in bars, praying in mosques - and no women.
Beyonce Quote From 'Billboard', May 2011.
RIHANNA
People straight up don’t know who I am; they just know what I look like, they know the idea of me.
Rihanna Quote From 'GQ', Jan 2010.
BEYONCE
Don’t scroll down! [to the comments section of Internet stories]. “You’re definitely going to get your feelings hurt.
Beyonce Quote From 'Vogue', Mar. 2013.
RIHANNA
I could never give relationship advice to anybody!
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', Feb. 2013.
BEYONCE
The main thing I’ve learned is not to judge people. Because you don't know how terrible it is to judge somebody until you get judged. And you don't know how terrible gossip is until the gossip is about you.
Beyonce Quote From 'Interview', August 2001.
RIHANNA
I have two main hair people I work with. They’re always with me. I’m like, ‘I’m bored! I wanna change my hair!’ That’s the good thing about a weave. You can do whatever with it.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', Mar. 2014.
BEYONCE
My mom has always told me that beauty fades but inner beauty is forever.
Beyonce Quote From 'Cosmopolitan', Nov. 2007.
RIHANNA
My jewellery’s all fake — from Claire’s. Or I get it from my mom’s boutique in Barbados.
Rihanna Quote From 'Vogue', Mar. 2014.
BEYONCE
The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. You’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose. It happens.
Beyonce Quote From 'Complex', July 2011.
RIHANNA
You ever tell yourself what to do out loud, like an asshole? I do that all the time when I’m high!
Rihanna Quote From 'Rolling Stone', Feb. 2013.
BEYONCE
When I have just a beat it’s the most fun for me. I’ll get somebody to play whatever I hum for the bassline. So I’m creating a whole track with my voice.
Beyonce Quote From 'The Daily Telegraph', Nov. 08, 2008
RIHANNA
I miss my ass. It just went away! I need a butt.
Rihanna Quote From 'Harper's Bazaar', Aug. 2012.
BEYONCE
I wrote my lyrics from growing up in my mother’s hair salon and hearing stories from women there…I would hear about this woman who was shy, and this woman who liked men with money, and this one’s into football players, and this woman’s been married twenty years and her husband’s doing this and that.
Beyonce Quote From 'The Daily Telegraph', Nov. 08, 2008
RIHANNA
Fuck bitches, get money!
Rihanna Quote From 'Elle', Dec. 2014.
BEYONCE
I’ve never walked down Times Square.
Beyonce Quote From 'Vogue', May 2013.
RIHANNA
There’s not a lot more that I can possibly put out there. Everything’s out there.
Rihanna Quote From 'GQ', Jan 2010.
BEYONCE
I just want my legacy to be great music. Someone who was a risk taker and someone who had songs that struck conversation and emotion.
Beyonce Quote From 'Complex', July 2011.
