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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. "
Solange Knowles
Stand
Opportunity
Stand Up
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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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" The Fela Kuti Queens - the band members and wives of the late African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti - are my fashion icons. "
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" Both my parents are first-generation success stories. "
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" I was diagnosed with ADHD twice. I didn't believe the first doctor who told me, and I had a whole theory that ADHD was just something they invented to make you pay for medicine, but then the second doctor told me I had it. "
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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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" 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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" A lot of people don't know me as an artist. "
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" If a piece makes you look good and makes it easier to get dressed, it wins. "
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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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" 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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" Luckily, I dated all of the losers ages ago. My love life has been stable for a while. "
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" I'd rather live in the U.S. than Europe. "
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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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" 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'm such a Southern girl. "
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Southern
" 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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" 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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" My sound is Solange. It's definitely not Destiny's Child. "
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" I can't take any credit for people dressing like me, you know? "
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" We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world. "
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" I've always loved Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves. "
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" I feel like I was 30 when I was 17, and I decided to get married and have a baby. "
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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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" 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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