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I love hip-hop. I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.
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I think that some people get wrapped up in their own egos. They need to see certain album sales and certain monuments.
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My ultimate beauty icon is Diana Ross.
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People from New Orleans are extremely prideful.
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My sound is Solange. It's definitely not Destiny's Child.
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I had my own little quirks as a child.
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With Saint Heron, I really wanted to celebrate and continue to cultivate the community for genre-defying R&B artists.
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What's important is that my family and I are all good.
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My blog is actually all self-photography unless it's a photo shoot.
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I wear short shorts. After 10 years of strenuous ballet, it's the least my legs can do for me.
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Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important.
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Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.
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I stand for people who are firm in their journey.
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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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From a very early age, I decided that I wanted to be able to do my music but still be able to live a normal life.
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I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point.
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I'm surrounded by such beautiful, creative people, and I just love sort of sharing their stories and their journeys.
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I really fell in love with dance. By the time I was seven, I had dance class six times a week. I was obsessed.
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I'd rather live in the U.S. than Europe.
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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.
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Anytime fashion and music go hand-in-hand and it really is an organic fit, it's amazing.
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Both my parents are first-generation success stories.
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I can't take any credit for people dressing like me, you know?
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Colors and prints are part of my style.
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I have so many friends who are designers of color.
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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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A lot of people don't know me as an artist.
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I try to transition my energy into just having fun.
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I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in black women's lives.
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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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It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't know how she does it. When she sings, she looks perfect.
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My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me.
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You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists.
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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.
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I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt.
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In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.
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Luckily, I dated all of the losers ages ago. My love life has been stable for a while.
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My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive.
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I'd rather be on the cast of 'Love & Hip-Hop' than 'Project Runway.'
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I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion.
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You get educated by traveling.
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I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are.
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Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for.
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I really enjoy my privacy and being able to walk my son to school every morning and pick him up every afternoon.
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Motherhood is such an evolving journey.
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I have always had tremendous respect for my sister as an artist, as a woman, and now as a mother.
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I've always loved Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves.
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I'm not sure if it's cause I'm getting old, but my heels have to be 3.5 inch or less, or a chunky heel.
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Beyonce adores my little boy. She takes him everywhere.
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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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I'm super-sensitive when it comes to my sister. I've been known to snap off a little bit behind her.
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I'm trying to cut down my cursing.
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I have more to offer than music that is automatically dance.
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If I had to define 'sexy' now, as Disney as it sounds, I would have to say it's about complete and utter confidence.
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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.
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I have a lot of guy-like quintessential relationship qualities that I have had to work on.
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Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.
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When Destiny's Child released their first record, I don't think I even noticed. I was still at school, and I had my own life in Houston.
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I think it's really important for every mother to find their own way.
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It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music.
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Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange.
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It's really special to have a niece because I have a son, so I get to have a little girl, too.
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I really wanted people just to get to know Solange on my first album, just to establish Solange's sound, just to establish Solange's personality.
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Every teenage artist out there is mostly talking about boys, and I think there's so much more to being a teenager than just boys.
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My sister and I truly are best friends.
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At 15, saying I wanted to do a reggae album after growing up in a snazzy house in Houston - it was kind of random.
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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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I'm such a Southern girl.
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It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.'
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I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes.
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I'm a fan of hip-hop and I love it, I by no means am an expert on it.
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I'm making the music I want to make, in my own space, and it's just incredible to be able to continue to do that.
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I don't ever claim to be a hip-hop head.
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Whether it be a red eyeliner or a graphic line on the crease of my lids, I'm more attracted to the ideas of something interesting than being 'pretty.'
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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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I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.
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I'm really good at telling people 'no.'
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