Quotes from Bibi Bourelly

Working with Rihanna has changed my life.

If I talk to a new guy, it's because the old guy bores me, and I already wrote a bunch of songs about him.

A lot of the songs that I wrote during 'Pt. 1' and 'Pt. 2' are the first songs that I ever wrote that sounded like that. I was in this phase - a certain creative space in my life - personally and musically.

I would never say I 'play' guitar. But yeah, I play to write. Same with piano.

We cannot afford to have lies in music.

Opportunities don't always come dressed in neon colors.

The only thing I can control is myself. I can't control what anyone thinks about me, I can't control circumstance, I can't control the things that God controls.

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.

One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.

I have faith in the people. Honesty will prosper.

I'm just trying to give the world something pure for a change. We'll see what happens.

I've seen people pass away. I've seen how fragile life is.

What people think of you doesn't matter, because I believe anything's possible. No one's going to convince me I'm not capable of living up to my full potential, because I've obsessed over that idea. The universe wants me to be great for me.

A lot of things change when one is granted success: random people pop up, and a lot of the adjustments are rough. My way of coping with them is through focusing on the things that I have accomplished and the things that are yet to come.

A lot of senior artists say that they support women, but they have a machine of people behind them telling them to be that way. l don't think it's always true and genuine.

I think that I can't help but put my personal pain in my music because there's a lot of it. That's my therapy.

A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air.

Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not.

I just am really bad at making new friends - especially in the music industry, because they're not really real friends; they're just music industry friends.

I fell in love with singing, and through singing, I learned how to write songs. Anything you're consistent with and that you do all the time, you're gonna reap benefits off it at one point. You're not gonna get worse!

I always do what makes me happy - it doesn't make sense to live life unhappily.

My music comes from heartbreak - from feeling what it's like to lose everything and not being able to express it through words because it doesn't make sense.

People who are their own entity and aren't afraid to be who they are can move a nation. I believe the height of my career is going to be during the start of a revolution.

My songs are always on the tip of my tongue. It's always bubbling and brewing and about to come out. I can't really put it into words, but the best way to explain it is feeling like you constantly have some things on the tip of your tongue.