Happy Birthday, Ariana Grande! See the Singer’s Most Inspirational Quotes Over the Years

“Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what’s going to happen. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, but it’s one of the most terrifying. It’s worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people and you have memories,” Ariana told Seventeen magazine in 2014. 

“I’ve learned how to balance that out and be a loving partner but also nourish myself. A lot of people forget about the whole self-love thing when they’re in love, and both are imperative,” the “Bad Idea” singer told Cosmopolitan magazine in 2017.

“Laughter is so so important, love is important, friends are important, nature is important, animals are important, music is important,” Ariana tweeted in 2014.

“I look forward to hopefully learning to give some of the love and forgiveness that I’ve given away so frivolously and easily to men in the past to myself, hopefully, this year,” Ariana declared while accepting the award for Woman of the Year at the 2018 Billboard Women In Music event. “I have everything I’ve ever dreamt of having, and as of late, I’ve discovered that it’s the things I’ve always had and the people I’ve always had that still make me the happiest.”

“We live in a day and age where people make it IMPOSSIBLE for women, men, anyone to embrace themselves exactly how they are. Diversity is sexy! Loving yourself is sexy! You know what is NOT sexy? Misogyny, objectifying, labeling, comparing and body shaming!!! Talking about people’s [bodies] as if they’re on display ASKING for your approval/opinion. THEY ARE NOT!!!! CELEBRATE YOURSELF. CELEBRATE OTHERS,” Ariana wrote on Twitter in 2015.

Ariana quipped in a 2015 viral video, “I’m not Big Sean’s ex, I’m not Niall [Horan’s] possible new girl. I’m Ariana Grande, and if that’s not interesting enough, don’t talk to me.”

“Expressing sexuality in art is not an invitation for disrespect!!! Just like wearing a short skirt is not asking for assault. Women’s choice. Our bodies, our clothing, our music, our personalities … sexy, flirty, fun. It is not. An open. Invitation,” Ariana tweeted in 2016.

Ariana expressed to Cosmopolitan magazine in 2017, “I’ve never looked at love as something that I need to complete me. I would like to be complete on my own first and fall in love with somebody who is also complete. You can still celebrate and be totally obsessed with each other, but I want to feel a hundred percent myself so that I can love that person better.”

“I realized how not OK I am with putting everything in someone else’s hands, because if I’m going to make art then I should care about how the art is going to be handled and how it’s going to be represented,” Ariana told Cosmopolitan magazine in 2017.

Ariana told Complex, “I don’t want people to talk about my choices or how little I’m wearing. I just want the conversation to be about the music and what I’m creating.”

“If you want to call me a diva I’ll say, ‘Um, well, cool. Barbra Streisand is a diva; that’s amazing. Celine Dion is a diva; thank you,’” Ariana told The Telegraph in 2017.

“Everything used to be such a big deal! But now, I feel I can handle everything that comes my way with a calm energy,” Ariana told Seventeen magazine in 2014.

“Life is beautiful. Cherish every moment … even if you’re stressed or hurt or whatnot. There’s always tomorrow and it always gets better!” Ariana wrote on Twitter in 2011.

“Everybody’s got something to say but I’d rather be the person who’s honest than the person who’s like, ‘Oh that’s personal, I’m not going to tell you.” I’ve always had an open, honest relationship with my fans,” Ariana told Complex.

Ariana told Billboard in 2016, “If you think you’re laughing at me, I promise I laughed first.”