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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. "
Solange Knowles
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" I have a lot of guy-like quintessential relationship qualities that I have had to work on. "
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" I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind. "
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" I was diagnosed with ADHD twice. I didn't believe the first doctor who told me, and I had a whole theory that ADHD was just something they invented to make you pay for medicine, but then the second doctor told me I had it. "
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" When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better. "
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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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" 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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" If a piece makes you look good and makes it easier to get dressed, it wins. "
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" We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world. "
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" Colors and prints are part of my style. "
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" You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists. "
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" Whether it be a red eyeliner or a graphic line on the crease of my lids, I'm more attracted to the ideas of something interesting than being 'pretty.' "
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" I stand for people who are firm in their journey. "
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" I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable. "
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" I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion. "
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" For me, I always have looked at 'indie' as a term of 'independence.' Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant 'popular' to me; you know, it didn't define a sound. "
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" If I have on a bright red lip, you'll rarely ever catch me with eyeshadow on. It's one or the other for me - pick one feature for the day and really focus on that. "
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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 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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" Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important. "
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" People who live in L.A. don't like to leave their homes because they have so much space. They have the nice kitchens and a cook and a pool. When you live in L.A., there is a sense of isolation in terms of raising a family. "
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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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" Once I had my son, I stopped shopping in stores because it's not an easy process to try on clothes - and I'm not an impulsive buyer. I need to do the dance in front of the mirror, the whole nine yards. "
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