Quotes from Solange Knowles

I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything.

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.

I wear short shorts. After 10 years of strenuous ballet, it's the least my legs can do for me.

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

Beyonce adores my little boy. She takes him everywhere.

Both my parents are first-generation success stories.

My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive.

I love hip-hop. I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.

My blog is actually all self-photography unless it's a photo shoot.

Every mom believes her kid's school doodles are amazing, and I'm no different.

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.

He [ the son]'s grown up listening to all types of music, and the natural form of rebellion is to find the one genre that maybe he hasn't listened to and to make that his thing.

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'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.

Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for.

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

I can tell you what I really love: when I run into people on the street that tell me they have connected with my music.

I'm surrounded by such beautiful, creative people, and I just love sort of sharing their stories and their journeys.

I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.

You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists.

I can't take any credit for people dressing like me, you know?

With Saint Heron, I really wanted to celebrate and continue to cultivate the community for genre-defying R&B artists.

I'm trying to cut down my cursing.

I never borrowed clothes from Beyonce when we were growing up. But now my style is a little more tame and hers is a little more adventurous.