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" I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same. "
Solange Knowles
Think
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" Both my parents are first-generation success stories. "
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" 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. "
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" My sister and I truly are best friends. "
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" In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I was unwilling to do that. "
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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 it's really important for every mother to find their own way. "
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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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" I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything. "
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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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" 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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" When Destiny's Child released their first record, I don't think I even noticed. I was still at school, and I had my own life in Houston. "
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" I never borrowed clothes from Beyonce when we were growing up. But now my style is a little more tame and hers is a little more adventurous. "
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" 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. "
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" Opening Ceremony is my number one favorite place to shop here. It's the only place I'll shop in New York with my son. All of the sales people are so cool; the music is great; it's just like a big fun house, so he stays entertained. "
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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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" Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for. "
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" It's really special to have a niece because I have a son, so I get to have a little girl, too. "
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" Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange. "
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" Motherhood is such an evolving journey. "
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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 try to transition my energy into just having fun. "
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" Every mom believes her kid's school doodles are amazing, and I'm no different. "
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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 felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" My sound is Solange. It's definitely not Destiny's Child. "
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" My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me. "
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