Quotes from Beyonce Knowles

There's my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.

I can not imagine my life if I didn't have a music program in my school.

We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!

I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.

I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

It's amazing how I'm able to ride around on a bike. People kind of see it's me but since I'm on a bike, they think, "No, it's not her." And by the time they realize it's me, I'm already gone.

I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out 'Independent Women,' and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.

I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.

We ain't got nothing without love. That's all we'll have when the world is through Cause, baby, we ain't got nothing without love.

The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.

Take the time to define yourself and define your value. If you're having a hard time doing that, ask yourself: What is something I would say to someone I love?

I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing.

I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.

I love the Backstreet Boys! I think they're very talented and I think their harmony is wonderful.

Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see.

Y'all are so cute and y'all talk so proper over here. I love England.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!

I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing.

For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It's where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that's very important to me.