"Sometimes when there was no food to eat at home, I would take my daughter to my neighbor’s house under the pretext of watching television and stylishly feed my daughter and myself. That’s why I can relate to people because when you are down, you are down. But one cannot just stay down."

""Do not give up on your dreams but rather stay positive"."

"I wrote Jamb and I was jammed. It’s not like I did not try."

""It's okay to make mistakes but always learn from them. If things don't go as planned today don't forget that there's always tommorow and we all learn in this journey of life"."

"“Don’t mean this in a bad way, but bad breath should be listed as a safety hazard. Not too long ago I got to hang out with a nice, hot chiseled actor. But mehn, his breath was almost taking out my lashes. If you were on a date with someone that had bad breath would you tell them?”"

"Always take care of yourself, of your spirit, be true to yourself, build a very thick skin where you understand that your value is outside of people’s opinions about you, and you’ll be okay."

"That pressure of having two parents that have done music, that’s the only thing that I will be anxious for. I want her to be as original as possible without having to thing she has to do anything like anyone else, even her parents."

"I think they’re getting more visible. The fight is getting louder. I don’t know if it’s getting better for everyone, for those that are already in the limelight and have gotten their break, probably."

"...enough credit to women. It is very hard to get that acknowledgment as a woman because first of all many people don’t even expect that you are going to be good at that...Because you are a woman they definitely undermine you and you have to work extra hard to get half the things the guys are getting."

"So many people have asked me what Duduke means— it’s the beat of your heart or the beat of the drums you move your body to, or the beat you sing a melody to."

"I don’t go around blowing my own trumpet but I do know for sure that I’m good at what I do. I put in the work and nobody will say I can’t sing because I know that I sure can."

"I've never really been a big fan of the spotlight, I know that it comes with the territory, but when I got my big break and more people started to recognise me, I realised that I had to edit myself, my life, and most of the things that I'd do or say because I wanted to be careful to keep a part of me for myself."

"I don’t do things because I want people to like me but because they’re important to do."

"Sometimes, you also just want to be in your personal space and it doesn’t mean you don’t love (your fans) or anything. It just means you want your space."

"Yes, I do have a lot of songs that are about love, but what I try to do is, I try to come from different angles, like you might hear my songs and say that they are love songs but they are not saying the same thing."

"As soon as you know you want a child, you have a baby fever when you see a cute baby."

"Everything inspires me, I think I am mostly inspired by experiences, things that I have seen happen or that have happened to me."

"The norm is to do a formal and proper press release, with big, impersonal words, but this is me and you. We started with true laughs, constructive criticism, silly jokes and personal moments. We’re going to keep it that way."

"https://thenationonlineng.net/i-should-not-have-said-i-dont-listen-to-music-simi-makes-u-turn/"

"Matrimony is not something to rush into and I intend to live by that I will not fall for the pressure of marriage because if I do and in the end something goes wrong the same people he asked me why I didn't take my time."

"I didn’t have that stability of ‘this is what my mum wants, this is what my dad wants, this is how we are raised,’ and I don’t want my child to go through that."

"Marriage is not that important o, joy and happiness, health and well-being. When the time comes we will all dance to the altar but till den let’s thank God for life”"

"“It was one of those moments…I just thought I haven’t gotten to that place I want to get to, so I just thought, do something else,”"

"“I thought, perhaps, I should leave the industry while the applause is still loud. It was a scary time and I didn’t want to be known as a failed artiste. Fans simply didn’t know what I was doing and that is what we’re trying to repair.”"

"“A girl needs a father. A girl needs her father, this girl will always love her father. This girl will dearly miss her father. Rest well daddy, you will always be in our hearts!”"

"I can cry over food. My tolerance level is not the same as yours. So let people express themselves the way they want to."

"https://dailypost.ng/2025/03/28/i-dont-like-my-songs-after-recording-ayra-starr/Daily post"

"Ayra Starr official website"

"Because I grew up in different cities at different stages of my life, I feel like my music has almost split personalities. I learned to adapt to whatever situation I found myself in and that's what I do with my music. If you give me a funk beat, I’ll find the Afrobeats in that and give you Afropunk. I always look for and find myself and my identity in every beat.Ayrra star interview with ELLE https://www.elle.com/"

"“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”"

"“Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.”"

"People are going to want to try things and do their own versions of things. The key is that when we stick together as Afrobeats artists and continue with our sound; it can never be diluted. Nobody is ever going to be able to do it like us."

"“You just want to try a bunch of stuff, because you don’t know what’s going to be great."

"“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble; it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so”"

"“I wait and take on projects that I think can work”"

"“Live for each second without hesitation.”"

"“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”"

"“Standing where no man can put asunder”"

"“Consistency is the ultimate hack to success in life”"

"“Giving is the easiest way to building lasting wealth”"

"“If you’re not a friend of me, enter the light”"

"“Never back down, keep getting back up”"

"“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”"

"“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”"

"“If it is true, it will always endure”"

"“If you hate your enemies, enemies shine”"

"“There you shall find a piece of advice”"

"“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”"

"“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”"