My earliest love, which was sort of an obsession, actually, was Nas. I was in seventh grade, I believe, when 'Nastradamus' was out, and I took it pretty far.
I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything.
Dubai's a pretty powerful place.
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.
I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.
I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.
I'm surrounded by such beautiful, creative people, and I just love sort of sharing their stories and their journeys.
We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.
When you're younger, you get shoved a lot. You don't really have a say-so.
I've always loved Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves.
Motherhood is such an evolving journey.
I really fell in love with dance. By the time I was seven, I had dance class six times a week. I was obsessed.
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.
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.
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.
I feel like I was 30 when I was 17, and I decided to get married and have a baby.
I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes.
I can't take any credit for people dressing like me, you know?
Whether it be a red eyeliner or a graphic line on the crease of my lids, I'm more attracted to the ideas of something interesting than being 'pretty.'
Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important.
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.
I have more to offer than music that is automatically dance.
Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange.
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.
Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.