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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. "
Solange Knowles
Passion
Love
Writing
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" I'm super-sensitive when it comes to my sister. I've been known to snap off a little bit behind her. "
Solange Knowles
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Behind
Little
" 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
Hair
Creative
Mother
" I had my own little quirks as a child. "
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Had
Little
My Own
" Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for. "
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Stand
World
Style
" I really fell in love with dance. By the time I was seven, I had dance class six times a week. I was obsessed. "
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Time
Class
Love
" I have a lot of guy-like quintessential relationship qualities that I have had to work on. "
Solange Knowles
Relationship
Had
Qualities
" My earliest love, which was sort of an obsession, actually, was Nas. I was in seventh grade, I believe, when 'Nastradamus' was out, and I took it pretty far. "
Solange Knowles
Believe
Far
I Believe
" You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off. "
Solange Knowles
Artist
Know
You
" I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same. "
Solange Knowles
Think
Different
Same
" 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. "
Solange Knowles
Getting Old
Cause
Old
" I actually love my natural hair when it's in a twist out and it's been slept on for five days and revived by the steam of the shower. "
Solange Knowles
Out
Days
Hair
" I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt. "
Solange Knowles
Cool
Rather
Than
" It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't know how she does it. When she sings, she looks perfect. "
Solange Knowles
She
Perfect
Know
" I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes. "
Solange Knowles
Sister
Take
Up
" The one thing I'm really excited about is that the Saint Heron shop is not grounded in just fashion and clothing. We have connected with artists and artisans in every landscape. "
Solange Knowles
Landscape
Clothing
Connected
" I have more to offer than music that is automatically dance. "
Solange Knowles
Music
Offer
Dance
" I feel like I was 30 when I was 17, and I decided to get married and have a baby. "
Solange Knowles
Like
Baby
Feel
" Every mom believes her kid's school doodles are amazing, and I'm no different. "
Solange Knowles
Her
Amazing
Kid
" 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. "
Solange Knowles
You
Transition
Think
" Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God. "
Solange Knowles
Decision
Person
Only
" My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me. "
Solange Knowles
He
Me
Time
" I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind. "
Solange Knowles
Mind
Lot
Good
" I'm really good at telling people 'no.' "
Solange Knowles
Telling
People
Good
" You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do. "
Solange Knowles
Stand
Opportunity
Stand Up
" From a very early age, I decided that I wanted to be able to do my music but still be able to live a normal life. "
Solange Knowles
Age
Normal
Music
" I have always had tremendous respect for my sister as an artist, as a woman, and now as a mother. "
Solange Knowles
Respect
Woman
Artist
" I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are. "
Solange Knowles
Fashion
Interested
More
" Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important. "
Solange Knowles
Foundation
Self-Love
Practice
" With Saint Heron, I really wanted to celebrate and continue to cultivate the community for genre-defying R&B artists. "
Solange Knowles
Community
Artists
Celebrate
" 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. "
Solange Knowles
Australia
Football
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