Solange Knowles Quotes

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

~ Solange Knowles

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 fun house, so he stays entertained.

~ 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

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 radiant and glowing. It does me better than any product ever could. And I stand by how cheesy and cliched that sounds.

~ 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

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.

~ Solange Knowles

My sister and I truly are best friends.

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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.

~ 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

You get educated by traveling.

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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.

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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.

~ Solange Knowles

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

~ Solange Knowles

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.

~ Solange Knowles

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

~ Solange Knowles