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" Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important. "
Solange Knowles
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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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" I stand for people who are firm in their journey. "
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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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" 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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" My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me. "
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" If a piece makes you look good and makes it easier to get dressed, it wins. "
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" With Saint Heron, I really wanted to celebrate and continue to cultivate the community for genre-defying R&B artists. "
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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 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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