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" I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are. "

Solange Knowles

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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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" 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 sister and I were not allowed expensive clothes. We so badly wanted these Fila sneakers as kids, but my mother took us down to the flea market and got imitation ones. Look at the early Destiny's Child videos. You'll see. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" 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'm trying to cut down my cursing. "

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" Luckily, I dated all of the losers ages ago. My love life has been stable for a while. "

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

Solange Knowles

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

Solange Knowles

" I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes. "

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" When you're younger, you get shoved a lot. You don't really have a say-so. "

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" 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

" 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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" 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. "

Solange Knowles

" I have more to offer than music that is automatically dance. "

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" What's important is that my family and I are all good. "

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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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" My sister and I truly are best friends. "

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" I'm surrounded by such beautiful, creative people, and I just love sort of sharing their stories and their journeys. "

Solange Knowles

" 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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" 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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" I have a lot of guy-like quintessential relationship qualities that I have had to work on. "

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" Major labels act as banks in terms of how they produce and release your album. No major label is really good or bad; they just 100 per cent operate as a business, which makes sense... no hard feelings. "

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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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" 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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