R B Singers

"“I just want to do things my way and always switch it up and put my own twist on it.”"

"“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.”"

"“It’s very different… The balance is almost impossible because no matter how you look at it, work is always something that’s going to rob you of time with your child. That’s the currency now, that’s where it goes. When you make decisions of what you’re going to say yes to, it has to be worth it.”"

"“I want it to be this year … Like, honestly, it’d be ridiculous if it’s not this year. But I just want to have fun. I just want to make music and make videos.”"

"“I have a lot of visual ideas … My brain is working backward right now. I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals … I don’t have the songs for them yet, but maybe that’s the key, this time. Maybe the visual ideas are leading me to the songs that I need to make.”"

"“I don’t know what God wants, but I would go for more than two. I would try for my girl. But of course if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”"

"“The troll in me, she had a time. Unfortunately, you can’t take anything back from the internet, so I will always have the reminders, but the best troll in me is the silent troll.”"

"“I approached it like everything I do with fashion… I just want to do things my way and always switch it up and put my own twist on it.”"

"“Lingerie, to me, should be worn any way and anywhere that you want … Whether you want it to be seen on display outside of T-shirts or inside a jacket falling off, or just to be cozy or just to have a little support.”"

"“If I’m going to leave my baby, I’m going to leave my baby for something special … It was now or never for me.”"

"“Seeing a baby with, like, little bags and waking up and they’re just, like, startled. It’s the cutest. Oh my god, the mornings … it’s my favourite part of the day.”"

"“Musically, I’m feeling open … I just want to play. I want to have fun with music.” Source: Apple Music interview via Revolt (Feb 12, 2023) — “Fans should expect the unexpected as Rihanna talks new music”"

"“This feels right. It feels like it digs right into where I need to be … This is becoming my new freedom… I feel like I’ve finally cracked it, girl!”"

"“It’s very isolating. It’s very lonely. And what am I protecting myself from?”"

"“Every decision I make revolves around them, but everything that I do that I love robs me from them.”"

"“Getting old is s–t.”"

"“I just cracked the code on what I really want to do for my next body of work.”"

"“I’ve done so much sh** in my life. I’ve had my nipples out, my panties out. But now, those are the things which, I guess as a mum and an evolved young lady–emphasis on young– there are things I feel like I would never do.”"

"“Aim for the stars. Don’t aim for me. Aim beyond me. You’re going to be fantastic.”"

"I feel strongly that all children everywhere should be afforded the opportunity of a quality education, therefore I'm proud to announce Clara Lionel Foundation's partnership with education advocacy leaders like the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen. Working together, I know we can amplify our efforts and ensure that millions of children gain access to education globally."

"When the door closes you have two choices. Give up, or keep going. Let them shut you down or prove them wrong. We all start somewhere. It's where you end up that counts."

"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."

"People don't do them around me. I would never allow it. The people who are around me are people that I love, and I don't want to see people that I love hurt themselves."

"He's one of my closest friends in the industry. He makes me feel like a teenager — I have to act and think like an adult so much. He makes me feel young again."

"The label didn't want me to do this look. But cutting my hair, it made me stand out as an artist. I don't care who likes it--this is me."

"[G]enetically my legs are supposed to be huge. I can't really think about it, or I'll go crazy."

"While in America beautiful is skinny, in Barbados it's thick — girls with huge butts and nice curves."

"The hardest thing for me is to say no. I feel like a bitch. But sometimes I don't have a choice."

"I was a little confused as a kid because I grew up with my mom, and my mom is black. So, I was cultured in a very 'black' way. But when I go to school, I'm getting called 'white.' They would look at me, and they would curse me out. I didn't understand. I just knew I saw people of all different shades, and I was light. Now, I'm in a much bigger world."

"They'd complain to my other neighbor, who was very close to my mom, so we always got the message: I'm too loud. But we didn't really care. They can't tell me what to do in my house!"

"You can't even go out with a friend who's a celebrity and have a good time without people making shit up."

"Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work — but I will not give it to a man right now."

"I’m turned on by guys who are cultured. That’ll keep me intrigued. They don’t have to have a single degree, but they should speak other languages or know things about other parts of the world or history or certain artists or musicians. I like to be taught. I like to sit on that side of the table."

"Well, there’s always this human instinct about that, even from a very, very young age. I agreed that we are born with a sort of innate sexuality. But by like age 11, girls were talking about what they had and hadn’t done. I hadn’t even kissed a boy yet, so it always made me feel insecure, like I was never gonna be good or ready or know what to do — I didn’t even have boobs."

"And then I looked up and there she was, my celebrity crush, Rihanna. Before I could think better of it, I was up out of my seat and over in front of where she was sitting. "Hey, Rihanna, my name's Austin," I said. "Nice to meet you." "Hello," she said, looking at me like, Who is this kid? Get out of here. "I'm a big fan," I said. "Thanks," she said. Then I just stood there awkwardly, smiling at her. I think I scared her a little bit, because I just popped up from nowhere, and she had no idea what was happening or who I was. Finally I was like, Okay, I'm going to sit back down. Then I left. All right, that didn't go so well, I thought as I went back to my seat."

"My pleasure icons are... Marla Stewart of Velvet Lips. Rihanna, obviously. Lizzo too, the pleasure she gets from just confronting the world with her excellence and then laughing."

"On behalf of a grateful nation, but an even prouder people, we therefore present to you the designee for national hero of Barbados, Ambassador Robyn Rihanna Fenty. May you continue to shine like a diamond and bring honor to your nation by your works, by your actions and to do credit wherever you shall go."

"…I still have a bunch of childlike [energy] in me. I still feel young and vibrant. I don’t ever want to lose that. I still feel that way. I’m 80, but I feel like I’m 30. I really do, physically and emotionally. I was a kid, and I was getting a chance to embark upon a life that I had thought was my impossible dream. Where I grew up, I didn’t think it was going to be possible for me to actually be in show business, to write songs and sing and make records, and all that. But that was my dream. It was what I wanted to do with my life, if possible. And I didn’t think it would be, so no, I wasn’t tripping like that."

"What's so good about goodbye? All it does is make you cry. Well, if leaving causes grieving, And depart can break you heart,Tell me (what's so good about it) I could have done without it. What's so good about goodbye?"

"If ever I have a son in life, I'll call him in one day Sit him down upon my knee and here is what I'll say.You might lose your lover, people do sometime. Oh, but it won't make sense for you to sit around cryin'. Son, don't you know that when you fall in love, Sometimes, you're gonna have the blues. Well it may take years, but you're gonna shed some tears. 'Cause everybody's got to pay some dues, now, now. Everybody's got to pay some dues."

"Just because you've become a young man now, There's still some things that you don't understand now. Before you ask some girl for her hand now, Keep your freedom for as long as you can now.My mama told me...'you better shop around' (Shop, shop around) a-whoa-yeah You better (uh-huh) shop around."

"Ah, they tell me that the river's too deep And it's much too wide for you can't get across to the other side. But they don't know I've got to get there and hold her in my arms Just a one more time like I did before when she was mine all mine. Cause I can hear her saying (come to me baby) I'm going away. I'm going to stay. I'm gonna get to you, no matter what I have to do."

"She's not a bad girl because She made me see, hmmm... How love could be. But she's a bad girl because (bad girl because) She wants to be free, hmmmm... (bad girl because) She wants to be free (bad girl)"

"…I don’t think I started [show business], and I know that I’m not going to finish it. I have my place in it, and I’m going to cherish that place. It’s a gift. I’m not going to squander it."

"…The concept of the United States of America is the greatest concept in the world. It’s beautiful. It’s a wonderful concept. There’s no place like America. So, for people to come in and try to fuck that up is ridiculous. I’m a Black man, and I’m telling you this: I’ve been all over the world. The only places I haven’t been are Africa, China, and Russia. Here, people say “African American.” Don’t call me no African American. I’m a Black American. [You’re not] going to label me to try to say that I don’t belong in this country when my people have fought and died to establish this country. Black soldiers have fought and died for this country. They were doing it for Mississippi and Georgia and Alabama. I’m a Black American."

"…it’s disappointing for the people who are still of that frame of mind to be in that place where they think that people are different. The only difference between people is the texture and the color of our skin. If you skinned everybody alive, you wouldn’t know who anyone was. All our hearts are in the same place, our organs, our everything is in the same place. We all have red blood. We’re all human beings. It’s almost 2021. It’s a damn shame that all this time’s gone in life, and people still don’t get that. I’ve wished many times that we would get attacked by some outer-space planet or something like that so we can all come together as earthlings and help each other. See, there’s evil, and there’s good, and people who adopt evil, that’s who they are. It ain’t got shit to do with the color of their skin or where they live. And young people are seeing through that shit…"

"…“Who’s Loving You” is about a person who had somebody they really loved but did that person wrong and took them for granted, so that person left. And they’re sitting around later, grieving, thinking about the wrong that they did to this person, and who’s loving that person now. There’s no way an 11-year-old child could know that. But this dude sang that song like he had written it, like he knew all about it. It became his song. If I sing it somewhere now, if I even sing a part of it, young people in the audience come to me and say, “Why are you singing a Michael Jackson song?”…"

"…If you had a good song, and you were a producer or writer at Motown, you had access to all the artists. It didn’t matter who had the last hit record. If they liked you at all, you had the opportunity. I wanted to write something sweet for David Ruffin to sing, which became “My Girl.” And he sang the shit out of it, so it was contagious. I don’t regret that whatsoever."

"…As far as I’m concerned, Motown was a once-in-a-lifetime musical event. Nothing like that happened before. I seriously doubt anything like that will ever happen again..."

"I will build you a castle with a tower so high It reaches the moon. I'll gather melodies from birdies that fly And compose you a tune. Give you lovin' warm as Mama's oven. And if that don't do, Then I'll try something new."