With Saint Heron, I really wanted to celebrate and continue to cultivate the community for genre-defying R&B artists. – Solange Knowles
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. – Solange Knowles
Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God. – Solange Knowles
I’m a lot more interested in style than fashion – style is what makes us who we are. – Solange Knowles
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. – Solange Knowles
It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music. – Solange Knowles
I have a lot of guy-like quintessential relationship qualities that I have had to work on. – Solange Knowles
Anytime fashion and music go hand-in-hand and it really is an organic fit, it’s amazing. – Solange Knowles
I love hip-hop. I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop. – Solange Knowles
I really enjoy my privacy and being able to walk my son to school every morning and pick him up every afternoon. – Solange Knowles
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. – Solange Knowles
I was diagnosed with ADHD twice. I didn’t believe the first doctor who told me, and I had a whole theory that ADHD was just something they invented to make you pay for medicine, but then the second doctor told me I had it. – Solange Knowles
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. – Solange Knowles
I have always had tremendous respect for my sister as an artist, as a woman, and now as a mother. – Solange Knowles
I’m happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who’s made me a better person. – Solange Knowles
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. – Solange Knowles
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. – Solange Knowles
My sister and I were not allowed expensive clothes. We so badly wanted these Fila sneakers as kids, but my mother took us down to the flea market and got imitation ones. Look at the early Destiny’s Child videos. You’ll see. – Solange Knowles
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. – Solange Knowles
If I had to define ‘sexy’ now, as Disney as it sounds, I would have to say it’s about complete and utter confidence. – Solange Knowles