Solange Knowles
Actress
1986-06-24
Quotes by Solange Knowles
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For me, I always have looked at 'indie' as a term of 'independence.' Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant 'popular' to me; you know, it didn't define a sound.
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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.
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Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange.
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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.
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When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.
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We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.
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You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off.
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You get educated by traveling.
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The Hadley Street Dream is a tribute to making a vision come to life. My father built a compound on a dessert city block, he saw something in that space we couldn't see. It was years later the album was born right there on Hadley St. He built the studio I started recording the album at.
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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.
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In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I was unwilling to do that.
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I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.
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You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists.
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The Fela Kuti Queens - the band members and wives of the late African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti - are my fashion icons.
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Once I had my son, I stopped shopping in stores because it's not an easy process to try on clothes - and I'm not an impulsive buyer. I need to do the dance in front of the mirror, the whole nine yards.
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