Quotes by Solange Knowles

“I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt.”

“Opening Ceremony is my number one favorite place to shop here. It's the only place I'll shop in New York with my son. All of the sales people are so cool; the music is great; it's just like a big f...”

“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.”

“My beauty ethos? Well, I'd love to tell you it's something like 'less is more,' but honestly, it all starts with happiness. If only someone could bottle that up - when I'm happy, I'm at my most rad...”

“I really enjoy my privacy and being able to walk my son to school every morning and pick him up every afternoon.”

“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 ...”

“My sister and I truly are best friends.”

“When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.”

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

“Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange.”

“Anytime fashion and music go hand-in-hand and it really is an organic fit, it's amazing.”

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

“There are a lot of historical lofts in Houston, and it's amazing for me that a lot of them were built in the 1920s. I love the exposed bricks and the very industrial stuff.”

“Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.”

“You get educated by traveling.”

“Just going through a marriage and a divorce - which I essentially did by 21 - will give you an insane amount of perspective on life.”

“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.”

“It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be 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 tha...”

“Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.”