A biography for Solange Knowleshasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.”
“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.”
“My parents constantly tried to talk me out of being an artist. They had gone through the whole journey with my sister and just wanted me to have a normal teenage life.”
“Beyonce adores my little boy. She takes him everywhere.”
“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.”
“People from New Orleans are extremely prideful.”
“Dubai's a pretty powerful place.”
“Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for.”
“What's important is that my family and I are all good.”
“I actually love my natural hair when it's in a twist out and it's been slept on for five days and revived by the steam of the shower.”
“I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.”
“There are a lot of times when people are diplomatic about things, and I'm not that type. I'm not afraid to say exactly what I mean.”
“I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are.”
“It's really special to have a niece because I have a son, so I get to have a little girl, too.”
“My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me.”
“I love hip-hop. I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.”
“I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.”
“I really enjoy my privacy and being able to walk my son to school every morning and pick him up every afternoon.”