Solange Knowles

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

Everyone talks about how, in your 30s, all of these growing pains transition into wisdom and you feel more self-assured and confident, but I think I had a bit of a jump-start on that at 27.

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

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.

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

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.

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

You get educated by traveling.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

My sister and I truly are best friends.

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.

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