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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. "
Solange Knowles
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" 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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" I'm really good at telling people 'no.' "
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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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" People from New Orleans are extremely prideful. "
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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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" My blog is actually all self-photography unless it's a photo shoot. "
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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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" I'm surrounded by such beautiful, creative people, and I just love sort of sharing their stories and their journeys. "
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" Colors and prints are part of my style. "
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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. "
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" My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me. "
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" I had my own little quirks as a child. "
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" I'm trying to cut down my cursing. "
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" You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists. "
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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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" 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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" When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who've had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they're married, or there's a friendship and a kinship. "
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" Why is it so important for you to give back? I honestly feel like it's our responsibility as citizens of the world to ground ourselves in selflessness and all do our part. "
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" I stand for people who are firm in their journey. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in black women's lives. "
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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'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are. "
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" My beauty ethos? Well, I'd love to tell you it's something like 'less is more,' but honestly, it all starts with happiness. If only someone could bottle that up - when I'm happy, I'm at my most radiant and glowing. It does me better than any product ever could. And I stand by how cheesy and cliched that sounds. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything. "
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" Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom. "
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