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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

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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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" My parents constantly tried to talk me out of being an artist. They had gone through the whole journey with my sister and just wanted me to have a normal teenage life. "

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

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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 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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" Beyonce adores my little boy. She takes him everywhere. "

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" My ultimate beauty icon is Diana Ross. "

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

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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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" At 15, saying I wanted to do a reggae album after growing up in a snazzy house in Houston - it was kind of random. "

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" Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God. "

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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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