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" I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point. "

Solange Knowles

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" A lot of people don't know me as an artist. "

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" I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person. "

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" I still stand behind the stuff I did early on, but I was on a record label, and I didn't have a lot of creative control. Another side of that is just being young and having bad taste. There was plenty of that, too. "

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" I have always had tremendous respect for my sister as an artist, as a woman, and now as a mother. "

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" Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games. "

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" You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists. "

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" I really feel like because I had my son so young, I didn't want everyone's help. I think people felt entitled to give advice, so I'm always very sensitive to moms and letting them feel their way out. "

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" Every teenage artist out there is mostly talking about boys, and I think there's so much more to being a teenager than just boys. "

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" My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me. "

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" I can tell you what I really love: when I run into people on the street that tell me they have connected with my music. "

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" Everyone talks about how, in your 30s, all of these growing pains transition into wisdom and you feel more self-assured and confident, but I think I had a bit of a jump-start on that at 27. "

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" I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect. "

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" Just going through a marriage and a divorce - which I essentially did by 21 - will give you an insane amount of perspective on life. "

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" I really wanted people just to get to know Solange on my first album, just to establish Solange's sound, just to establish Solange's personality. "

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" The Hadley Street Dream is a tribute to making a vision come to life. My father built a compound on a dessert city block, he saw something in that space we couldn't see. It was years later the album was born right there on Hadley St. He built the studio I started recording the album at. "

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" I had my own little quirks as a child. "

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" I wear short shorts. After 10 years of strenuous ballet, it's the least my legs can do for me. "

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" My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive. "

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" I'm such a Southern girl. "

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" Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange. "

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" I have a mother who never took no for an answer when it came to her creative pursuits. She started a hair salon in her spare bedroom and four years later had 30 employees. "

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" I'm making the music I want to make, in my own space, and it's just incredible to be able to continue to do that. "

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" Motherhood is such an evolving journey. "

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" Both my parents are first-generation success stories. "

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" I'm not sure if it's cause I'm getting old, but my heels have to be 3.5 inch or less, or a chunky heel. "

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" It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.' "

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