A biography for Mathew Knowleshasn’t been written yet.
“But I try to always have a positive mind about things.”
“I guess I kind of have been known as the guy that shakes up girl groups.”
“I choose to let the press say whatever they want and let people say whatever they want.”
“I actually thought when I met Tina, my former wife, that she was White. Later I found out that she wasn't, and she was actually very much in-tune with her Blackness.”
“Focus on one thing and do one thing well.”
“Kids watch their parents, right? And when kids are three, four, five-years-old, that's when they're like a sponge, and who they are is really developed by the time they are seven.”
“I would think Beyonce will be the greatest female artist of all time.”
“Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki Minaj, my kids - and what do they all have in common? They're all lighter skinned. Do you think that's an accident?”
“The decision for Beyonce and Music World Entertainment to part was mutual. We did great things together, and I know that she will continue to conquer new territories in music and entertainment.”
“There's a difference between a rumor and a lie.”
“Blue Ivy is a star. She is just a star. I can see.”
“See, my philosophy is had Beyonce or Solange came to me and said Dad, I want to be a doctor. My personality is how do I buy a hospital? And that has nothing to do with stage. That has to do with the entrepreneurial inside of me.”
“I'm a little bit more proud of Solange. She chose to do it her way. Because in the beginning, we wanted to mold her into this pop star, and that is not who she is. And we were wrong. I was wrong, the record labels were wrong... She wanted to do it her own way, and she did.”
“My father was a truck driver, made $50 a week. And the reason why I know that so vividly is my Mom used to just constantly give him a hard time for that.”
“I think the parenting of Tina and myself combined allowed our kids to really find their passion at an early age.”
“Beyonce did an incredible job of differentiating the sound of Destiny's Child in her songs. When you hear Destiny's Child, you know it based on the harmonies and the melodies.”
“See, I would never have Beyonce up here public speaking. She's not good at it. Solange was just at Yale. She's incredible at it.”
“Business is business and family is family.”
“There are some times when I have to take off the manager hat and be a father. And sometimes I have to take the father hat off and be a manager. And just to balance of that - and I'm not perfect so I make mistakes with that.”
“Destiny's Child has never broken up officially. So don't be surprised one day if there's a new record or a tour because the group never officially broke up.”