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Solange Knowles

Solange Piaget Knowles (/soʊˈlɑːnʒ/; born June 24, 1986), known mononymously as Solange, is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, before signing with her father Mathew Knowles's Music World Entertainment label. At age 16, Knowles released her first studio album Solo Star (2002). Between 2005 and 2007, Knowles had several minor acting roles, including the direct-to-video Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006) and continued writing music for her older sister Beyoncé Knowles and for ex-Destiny's Child group members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

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What's important is that my family and I are all good.

Important, What'S Important, My Family, Good, Family

My parents only played Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye. That's when New Kids came out, and we wanted to jam that. My mom was like, "Put that thing off and put my damn record on". So from old school to '90s to recent, it's just always been there.

Brother, Came, Isley, Mom, Old, School

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

Based, Decision, Explanation, Giving, God

I was working through a lot of challenges at every angle of my life, and a lot of self-doubt, a lot of pity-partying. And I think every woman in her twenties has been there - where it feels like no matter what you are doing to fight through the thing that is holding you back, nothing can fill that void.

Challenges, Feels, Fighting, Holding, Like, Thinking

I think every generation has that movement of hip-hop that you know you're playing it and you definitely have that moment of like, "Why am I saying this so enthusiastically? Why am I so stoked and psyched to say these lyrics?"

Definitely, Generations, Hip Hop, Know, Moment, Thinking

I love when rappers have a off-beat, very abstract timing, and he certainly did. And any rapper who really approaches rapping with the art form of songwriting melodically - I know a bunch of rappers who actually go in before they write the lyrics and come up with the melody. And you can hear and feel that difference so much when that's the case.

Art, Difference, Know, Melodically, Rap, Writing

I'm probably on the internet way more than I should be. I don't know. I love connecting people. I love introducing people to other people who are doing incredible work in the world. And I'm just on the internet too damn much.

Damn, Incredible, Internet, People, World

We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.

Actually, Lifetime, Real, World

I have to learn how to say no a lot. Life is too short for anything else.

Learn, Life Is, Life Is Too Short, Say, Short, Too Short

I actually was a ballet dancer - I studied ballet from three until 13 - but like very seriously, that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a contemporary ballet dancer. I wanted to go to Juilliard.

Ballet, Dancer, Like, Seriously, Studied, Three

I'm really excited that the fashion industry is evolving, doing a much better job at representation, with women of color, women of different shapes, sizes, and creeds. It's been a long time coming. . . There were issues of tokenism, issues of misrepresentation. I'm optimistic that I see the change, the conversation that these archetypes gotta go. We can be very political and have long weaves down to our asses.

Archetypes, Fashion, Gotta, Long, Optimistic, Shapes

I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop. It evolves, your taste. It sometimes deepens, in terms of what's out; sometimes it's not as deep in terms of what's out. So it's definitely an evolution. I don't ever claim to be a hip-hop head.

Difference, Differences, Evolution, Gone, Hip Hop, Terms

He [ the son]'s grown up listening to all types of music, and the natural form of rebellion is to find the one genre that maybe he hasn't listened to and to make that his thing.

Genre, Listening, Maybe, Rebellion, Son

The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.

Albums, Feels, Lineage, Storytelling, Tables

As an artist, everybody has the opportunity to celebrate and speak their truth.

Artist, Celebrate, Opportunity, Speak

I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion.

Love, Passion, Song, Songs, Writing

There's just so, so many overlooked R&B artists and I think it's really about, again, being sensitive to whatever you're addressing culturally. I just always try to have a sensitivity to it and what that might make someone feel.

Addressing, Artist, Culturally, Make, Thinking, Trying

I really don't listen to anyone that I'm not proud of saying that I listen to. Even if it's something a little bit more unexpected, I didn't get too deep into the Waka, Gucci records, but I like those with pride.

Pride, Proud, Records, Unexpected

A lot of times I use live musicians, but I don't want it to have that live funky sound so I'll just take the best loop of a drum part and repeat it over and over and over again so that there's consistency and it feels a little bit more programmed. But I have a love
hate relationship with comping as well.

Consistency, Funky, Hate, Live, Musician, Use

I've also learned to only write songs and melodies that really work for my voice and that I won't have issues doing live. Because you can get really, really comfortable in the comping process: out of five takes, maybe one of those high notes that you struggled to do, nailed it, and then live you're having that challenge of really having to recreate that.

Five, Recreate, Song, Struggled, Voice, Writing

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