Quotes by Barbadian authors
I love to play Test cricket; it's the main cricket.
Fidel Edwards
Barbadian cricketer
Streaming is a really big market for me. We've been doing great in the streaming market, so it's not something I want to alienate at all. Streaming counts now. They're treating artists the way we deserve to be treated.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
I can't make a song for a particular person or demographic. If I love it, I'm gonna do it. I have to perform it for the rest of my life. A song is like a tattoo - you can never get away from it.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
I was so rude when I was a little girl.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
I think I'm like most people - we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don't deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it's very hard not to be fearless.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
One of the things about the six sixes, which really comes over me every time somebody asks a question or says to me, 'I've just seen them,' or people always ask me about it... It makes me feel that's the only thing I've ever done in the history of cricket.
Garfield Sobers
Former cricketer
I did a lot of good work with my trainer and the physio in Barbados, and they were tremendous help to me during my comeback period.
Fidel Edwards
Barbadian cricketer
When I look at someone like Andrew Symonds, I see a player who has done phenomenally well with the bat, as his record shows. He certainly has the ability to be a very good all-rounder, but I think to be a great one, you need to be able to turn a game with the bat or the ball.
Garfield Sobers
Former cricketer
Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
Test cricket should be No. 1 for every cricketer.
Fidel Edwards
Barbadian cricketer
Effectively, what we are saying to the governments of Europe is, 'OK, after 300 years, you have left these islands in a pretty bad state. You've left them with terrible developmental challenges, and we believe you have a responsibility to return to the Caribbean and participate in the rebuilding of the Caribbean.'
Hilary Beckles
Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
I do enjoy batting - if the bowling's not quick!
Fidel Edwards
Barbadian cricketer
People - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
I love singing. I love it, and it doesn't feel like a chore. It's an expression.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
My musical taste and image is going to change naturally. It's not forced; I do what comes natural to me. Sometimes, I like to be dark... other times, I like to be really light and ladylike.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
Pushing ahead with a self-emancipatory agenda is critical, but we must do so fully conscious of this broader context of our development efforts.
Hilary Beckles
Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
Owen Arthur
Former Prime Minister of Barbados
I have so many fond memories of the Tied Test, and I can't wait to come back to Brisbane. One thing that stands out is that both teams stayed at the same hotel. We got to know each other so well. Some of my best cricketing friends were in that Australian team.
Garfield Sobers
Former cricketer
Even now I will go to, like, an industry event, and all the ladies will be over here and all the guys over here, and I will go to the guys' table and sit because I just feel I can have a much better conversation over there. And that's automatic; it's not prejudice.
Rihanna
Barbadian singer
The cricket star, like everyone else, should have an intelligent understanding of the crisis of the nation-state and the marginalisation of small communities within the global economy.
Hilary Beckles
Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
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