On her breakup with Chris Brown: “It gave me guns. I was like, well, fuck. They know more about me than I want them to know. It’s embarrassing. But that was my opening. That was my liberation, my moment of bring it. […] Now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don’t have anything to hide.”

On the backlash over their reconciliation:
“The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently. It’s very hard for me to accept, but I get it. People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that’s all right. Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.”

On having kids: “It could be tomorrow. It could be 20 years from now. I just feel like when the time is right, God will send me a little angel. But first, of course, I have to find a man. I mean, there’s a very important missing piece to the puzzle here!”

On finding that man: “I feel like it’s hard for everybody! I don’t think it has anything to do with being famous. There’s just a major drought out there. […] But I just need to find the person who balances me out, because then things like my schedule won’t matter. I’ve done it before, so I know I can do it again.”

The magazine has named the 23-year-old “S&M” singer Woman of the Year, calling her the “undisputed best contender to the role of queen of pop” in a blog post last week.

“Her career has always been based on the cunning use of sexiness and provocation,” the fashion mag said, lauding her for being “independent and energetic” role model.

With her huge Facebook following and killer style, Rihanna is more popular than ever, the magazine said. But it was her “kind and fighting spirit” and her ability to overcome personal hardship that made the Barbados-born beauty a standout choice over other leading ladies, including spotlight stealer Lady Gaga.