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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. "

Solange Knowles

World

Important

You

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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. "

" There are a lot of historical lofts in Houston, and it's amazing for me that a lot of them were built in the 1920s. I love the exposed bricks and the very industrial stuff. "

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" We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world. "

" I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person. "

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Amazing

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

" I'm really good at telling people 'no.' "

" I try to transition my energy into just having fun. "

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

" Every teenage artist out there is mostly talking about boys, and I think there's so much more to being a teenager than just boys. "

Solange Knowles

Think

Talking

" 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. "

" Just going through a marriage and a divorce - which I essentially did by 21 - will give you an insane amount of perspective on life. "

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

Solange Knowles

Sister

Take

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

" My sound is Solange. It's definitely not Destiny's Child. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If a piece makes you look good and makes it easier to get dressed, it wins. "

" I feel like I was 30 when I was 17, and I decided to get married and have a baby. "

Solange Knowles

Baby

Feel

" When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better. "

" It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" My mom's best friend growing up was diagnosed with AIDS, and he basically raised me when my mom was launching her business. Although I didn't understand at the time what HIV or AIDS was, I knew that's what he passed away from. "

" Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom. "