Beyoncé Quotes
19 quotes from Beyoncé — Singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and cultural icon..
“I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain.”
“If everything were perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.”
“God has a plan and God is in control of everything.”
“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.”
“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.”
“I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men.”
“I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic.”
“I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care—that you work hard and want to give a great performance.”
“My daughter introduced me to myself.”
“Me, myself and I. That's all I got in the end.”
“What goes around comes back around.”
“The entertainment business is still very sexist. It's still very male-dominated. And as a woman, I did not see enough female role models given the opportunity to do what I knew I had to do — to run my label and management company, to direct my films and produce my tours. That meant ownership. Owning my masters, owning my art, owning my future and writing my own story.”
“It's important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty, so they can grow up in a world where they look in the mirror — first through their own families, as well as the news, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House and the Grammys — and see themselves, and have no doubt that they're beautiful, intelligent and capable.”
“I was competing in dance and singing competitions at age seven. When I was on the stage, I felt safe. I was often the only Black girl, and it was then that I started to realize I had to dance and sing twice as hard. I had to have stage presence, wit, and charm if I wanted to win.”
“Not enough Black women had a seat at the table. So I had to go and chop down that wood and build my own table. Then I had to invite the best there was to have a seat.”
“The more I mature, the more I understand my value. I realized I had to take control of my work and my legacy because I wanted to be able to speak directly to my fans in an honest way. There were things in my career that I did because I didn't understand that I could say no. We all have more power than we realise.”
“We all experience pain and loss, and often we become inaudible. My intention for the film and album was to create a body of work that would give a voice to our pain, our struggles, our darkness and our history. To confront issues that make us uncomfortable.”
“Success looks different to me now. I learned that all pain and loss is in fact a gift. Having miscarriages taught me that I had to mother myself before I could be a mother to someone else. Then I had Blue, and the quest for my purpose became so much deeper. Being 'number one' was no longer my priority. My true win is creating art and a legacy that will live far beyond me.”
“I sacrificed a lot of things and ran from any possible distraction. My 20s were about building a strong foundation for my career and establishing my legacy. I was focused on commercial success.”
