Beyonce HBO Documentary: The Best Quotes From "Life Is But a Dream"
The Beyonce HBO documentary, Life Is But a Dream, premiered over the weekend giving a very candid and personal glimpse into the world of the pop diva. The "Love on Top" singer opened up about difficult moments in her life, like her miscarriage and parting ways with her music manager father. VIBE watched the documentary ... twice, and put together a list of the film's best moments and quotes in the gallery ahead.
"I needed a break. I needed my dad."
And did you get your dad back?
"No. It was hard…I had to sacrifice my relationship with my dad. It was a stressful, sad difficult time, but I had to let go."
And did you get your dad back?
"No. It was hard…I had to sacrifice my relationship with my dad. It was a stressful, sad difficult time, but I had to let go."
"Thank god for my computer. Sometimes when there is no one to talk to, I talk aloud so I can get all of my thoughts out and try to figure out the issues that i'm having and try I'm trying to find the answers."
"Stop pretending I have it all together, and if i'm scared, be scared. Allow it. Release it. Move on."
"The best thing is looking back and realizing how incredible life is. If you don't take the time to think about it, analyze your life, you'll never realize all the dots that are connected."
"I think I've realized that business and being polite doesn't match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself."
"I'm always thinking about women, and what we need to hear. It’s difficult being a woman. It’s so much pressure, and we need that support sometimes and we need that escape sometimes."
"We’re all going through our problems, but we all have the same insecurities and we all have the same abilities and we all need each other.”
"We’re all going through our problems, but we all have the same insecurities and we all have the same abilities and we all need each other.”
"I think people have an idea in their heads about entertainers/celebrities. I think they feel like their lives are so perfect, and it's really hard to go through painful experiences when you are in the public eye because it's hard to have closure."
"About two years ago, I was pregnant for the first time, and I heard the heartbeat which was the most beautiful music I've ever heard in my life…"
"I flew back to New York to get my check-up … and no heartbeat. Literally, the week before I went to the doctor and everything was fine, but there was no heartbeat. I went into the studio and wrote the saddest song I've ever written in my life."
"About two years ago, I was pregnant for the first time, and I heard the heartbeat which was the most beautiful music I've ever heard in my life…"
"I flew back to New York to get my check-up … and no heartbeat. Literally, the week before I went to the doctor and everything was fine, but there was no heartbeat. I went into the studio and wrote the saddest song I've ever written in my life."
"Sometimes I think I should retire."
"My life is a journey. It seems like I set a goal and some kind of way I accomplish it, and then I set another one. And my goal was trusting myself and my goal was growth."
"I think me marrying a musician is a coincidence. We connected because we both performed and we both had similar lifestyles. But, we connected on a spiritual level, and he just so happened to be a musician."
"In my hardest moments, where I thought what am I doing, I'm not strong enough for this, I can't get through this, I'm not ready, I just have to say jump! Because, I know I'm gonna land in that water and swim back on the boat and I'm going to jump again and land in the water and swim back to the boat. I have to trust myself."
"I felt like God was giving me a chance to assist in a miracle. There is something so relieving about life taking over you like that. You're playing a part in a much bigger show. And that's what life is. It's the greatest show on earth."
