Solange Quotes & Sayings

It's really special to have a niece because I have a son, so I get to have a little girl, too. — Solange Knowles

Try to feel God in any little thing you do or feel. In a laugh, a smile, a tear, a revelation-a kiss. — Solange Nicole

To be calm and compassionate you need courage and conviction. — Solange Nicole

Sometimes ... Reason and Love are met with a violent ignorance that even what's right gets lost. Our heart bleeds, but when does the blood shed end and the healing begin? — Solange Nicole

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

A mother who would stop at nothing for her child is dangerous woman when crossed. — Solange Nicole

Oh how the candles will be lit and the wood of worm burn in a fiery dust. For on all Hallow's Eve will the spirits come to play, and only the fruit of thy womb will satisfy their endless roaming. — Solange Nicole

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

Where's Lucy?" I asked the others.
"At the farmhouse," Nicholas said with grim satisfaction.
"How'd you manage that?"
"She's in a closet." Solange rolled her eyes.
I stared at Nicholas. "You locked your girlfriend in a closet? Smooth."
"She's going to eviscerate him," Quinn said cheerfully. — Alyxandra Harvey

You walk a fine line between beautifully macabre and uncharacteristically psychotic. — Solange Nicole

If Christians are all loving and full of God's grace (like some of us really are), do they truly love their neighbor? Would they catch a grenade for one of us (like some of us would for them because we truly have love in our hearts)? — Solange Nicole

Thy's bleeding heart confides in the With one's thoughts and troubles Let the kiss thy's lips To ease thou's pain Thy am thou's comfort Lie thou's head on mine pillow Of soft consolation And let the drown Thou's sorrow Away — Solange Nicole

I'm such a Southern girl. — Solange Knowles

Whether it be a red eyeliner or a graphic line on the crease of my lids, I'm more attracted to the ideas of something interesting than being 'pretty.' — Solange Knowles

I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes. — Solange Knowles

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. — Solange Knowles

I honestly try to have the approach that this is real life, this is the real world that we live in, and I don't really try to shelter [my son] from a lot of things that he's gonna see when he looks out of the window. — Solange Knowles

Solange leaned back against the wall, bored. "Are you done yet?"
"Hell no," Lucy said. She'd left nose prints on the glass. Nicholas smirked up at her. She blushed. "Ooops. Busted."
"I told you they could hear your heartbeat," Solange said.
"Even from up here."
"I can't help it. Even if they all know they're pretty and are insufferably arrogant," she added louder. "Can they hear that?"
"Yes."
"Good." She glanced at me. "Yummy, right?"
"I'm sure Isabeau would rather recover, not ogle my brothers,"
Solange said. "You remember how stressed you were after the Hypnos?"
"Please," Lucy scoffed. "This is totally soothing. — Alyxandra Harvey

Very possibly this was the night my white-knight complex, as Solange put it, would get me killed. Someone had better write a poem about it. It was only fair. — Alyxandra Harvey

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

I never borrowed clothes from Beyonce when we were growing up. But now my style is a little more tame and hers is a little more adventurous. — Solange Knowles

A shaft of sunlight fell on me, making my dress look like fire and my skin glow like pearls. The shadows around me darkened, as if my glowing skin were leeching the light from everything around me. I was a lantern on the longest, darkest moonless night. — Alyxandra Harvey

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

A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular. I'm that diamond. — Solange Nicole

I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are. — Solange Knowles

I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything. — Solange Knowles

I need you like a blossom needs rain, like the winter ground needs spring-to soothe my parched soul. — Solange Nicole

I talk very slow. I move very slow. I definitely have that Southern drawl and although I never necessarily participated in the activities that go along with screw.I definitely was a huge fan of screw.Because melodically, I don't ever really sing very staccato or very fast. It's really about a groove; it's really about a vibe. — Solange Knowles

I'm really good at telling people 'no.' — Solange Knowles

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

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. — Solange Knowles

I have more to offer than music that is automatically dance. — Solange Knowles

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. — Solange Knowles

I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in black women's lives. — Solange Knowles

Shadows are our Dark Selves brought to Light. — Solange Nicole

It felt as real as the dusty air she sucked in before and rushed out after. — Solange Nicole

Faith is Hope on a treadmill. Love is the reason we stay on. — Solange Nicole

I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt. — Solange Knowles

A dangerous and treacherous path is only worth it when the desire to have courage outweighs the driving need to get to the other side. — Solange Nicole

In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I was unwilling to do that. — Solange Knowles

I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable. — Solange Knowles

Sometimes I fear that even as a People when we take one step forward, we reel backwards ten times fold. I don't even think on the Precipice of Change will we truly move forward ... It will most definitely take a Miracle. — Solange Nicole

It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music. — Solange Knowles

My sister and I truly are best friends. — Solange Knowles

Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange. — Solange Knowles

I'd rather be on the cast of 'Love & Hip-Hop' than 'Project Runway.' — Solange Knowles

It is hard to describe to you but I swear it was a fearsome sight. There were not eyes to speak of, but chasms that saw into its dark depths. A shade of a mouth full with phantom teeth. There seemed to be a skull shifting in and out of form beneath the black. Bound together by an unspeakable evil. — Solange Nicole

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

If a piece makes you look good and makes it easier to get dressed, it wins. — Solange Knowles

I really feel like because I had my son so young, I didn't want everyone's help. I think people felt entitled to give advice, so I'm always very sensitive to moms and letting them feel their way out. — Solange Knowles

I'm very proud of my sister and protective of her. Solange is the one person I will fight for. Don't talk about my sister; don't play with me about my sister. If you do, you'll see another side of me. I admire her, and though she's five years younger than me, I strive to be like her. She's so smart and secure. She's sensitive to people's feelings, but not afraid of what they think. — Beyonce Knowles

At 15, saying I wanted to do a reggae album after growing up in a snazzy house in Houston - it was kind of random. — Solange Knowles

You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off. — Solange Knowles

Exactly. These guys just want me to play Snow White singing in her little cottage while they do all the work.'
Lucy snorted. 'Snow White and the Seven Buttheads. You could give Disney a run for their money.'
Nicholas poked her in the ribs. 'I am not a singing dwarf!'
'No, you're a butthead. Weren't you paying attention? — Alyxandra Harvey

The Light yearns for the peaceful balance of the Darkness as much as Darkness seeks the Glory of the Light. — Solange Nicole

Life should be full of- Compassion, Peace, Companionship, Honor, Love, Honesty, Joy, Rapture, Euphoria, Friendship, Family, Spiritual Enrichment, Enlightenment, Trust, Truth, Loyalty, Passion, Cultural Enrichment, Unity, Serenity, Zen, Wonder, Respect, Beauty of All Kinds, Balance of all Creation, Philosophy, Adventure, Art, Happiness, Bliss, Serendipity, Kismet, Fantasy, Positivity, Yin, Yang, Color, Variety, Excitement, Sharing, Fun, Sound, Paradise, Magick, Tenderness, Strength, Devotion, Courage, Conviction, Responsibility, Wisdom, Justice, Satisfaction, Fulfillment, Purpose, Mystery, Healing, Learning, Virtue, History, Creativity, Imagination, Receptiveness and Faith. For through these things you are One with your Creator. — Solange Nicole

His smoke eyes lighten as she closes the gap between them, and he slowly seals it wrapping his arms about her. — Solange Nicole

His love with Lucy bled from his heart as he slipped into a dark despair - a melancholy that only she could sever with her chaste voice and tender kisses. Now in an unreachable darkness, a blindness took hold. A blood lust that would drive him mad for five years hence. — Solange Nicole

I have traveled all over the world and gone to the highest peaks, and the densest jungles. The Carpathain Mountians will always be my homeland, but my home is a woman. Solange Sangria. You are home to me. Your body is my home. Your mind. Your heart and soul. It matters little to me where we are. — Christine Feehan

The Fela Kuti Queens - the band members and wives of the late African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti - are my fashion icons. — Solange Knowles

What Grimm fairy tale featured apiarian morphing humans? — Solange Nicole

The rough must always accompany the smooth. Without one or the other one learns nothing about oneself. — Solange Nicole

You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do. — Solange Knowles

I am the eye that beholds ... And I am the dreamer that paints the stars in the night sky ... For I am the one they call artist, and you call Love. — Solange Nicole

I think the thing about what I want to achieve for the label is it to really be a home for artists who are already developed, who already have a great sense of their artistry or their imaging, who don't really feel or want that marketing push. — Solange Knowles

I'm ALL about the Alternative. — Solange Nicole

The one thing I'm really excited about is that the Saint Heron shop is not grounded in just fashion and clothing. We have connected with artists and artisans in every landscape. — Solange Knowles

We all need something to believe in. Without those beliefs we're just floating particles moving through the space time continuum. — Solange Nicole

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

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?" — Solange Knowles

There was a family joke that Lucy's first words were, Nicholas is bugging me! — Alyxandra Harvey

You get educated by traveling. — 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

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

The best mistakes are made when the worst of heart breaks occur. When Love is blind and the captive, faithful. — Solange Nicole

I had my own little quirks as a child. — Solange Knowles

My ultimate beauty icon is Diana Ross. — Solange Knowles

Her lips pursed. My palms went damp. Her fangs were out, as pointed and delicate as little bone daggers. "That's disappointing, Solange."
I was going to die because I couldn't embroider roses on a pillow. — Alyxandra Harvey

Never quit, never surrender — Solange Ritchie

I actually produced other people's vocals for a long time when I first signed my publishing deal and I had just sort of decided that I only wanted to be a writer. I would be in all of these writing sessions, and a lot of times my publisher would say, "You should get a demo singer to sing it because then it doesn't identify as a Solange song." — Solange Knowles

What do you do when the alienating silence deafens your 'bootless cries'? — Solange Nicole

People who live in L.A. don't like to leave their homes because they have so much space. They have the nice kitchens and a cook and a pool. When you live in L.A., there is a sense of isolation in terms of raising a family. — Solange Knowles

The secret weapon is cucumber.'
Solange sat all the way up. 'Jasmine, cover your ears.'
MaryAnn, Juliette and Jasmine burst out laughing.
'Sheesh, Solange. Get your mind out of the gutter.'
'MY mind is just fine, thank you. It's MaryAnn's I'm concerned about.'
'You put them on your eyes,' MaryAnn said, laughing even harder. — Christine Feehan

My blog is actually all self-photography unless it's a photo shoot. — Solange Knowles

Chloe nodded meekly. I'd never seen her so demure.
"What's the matter with you?" I hissed at her as we followed Kieran and Solange inside.
"She's royalty!"
"And a vampire, remember?"
"Oh yeah." Chloe paused. "Nope, princess trumps vampire."
"Does not."
"So does. — Alyxandra Harvey

Death is Perfection's reflection. One cannot be the other, but without one, the other suffers. — Solange Nicole

Major labels act as banks in terms of how they produce and release your album. No major label is really good or bad; they just 100 per cent operate as a business, which makes sense ... no hard feelings. — Solange Knowles

I blinked, pushing myself up into a sitting position. I felt less like a truck had run over me and then backed up to make sure the job was done properly. Now it felt as if the truck had hit me only once. — Alyxandra Harvey

The ruby droplets absorbed by the pitiful tourniquet. — Solange Nicole

Because the democratic process operates apart from the Church, it possesses no corrective against corrupted human nature beyond its own equally corrupt judiciary, which ends by judging not only points of law but morality itself. — Solange Hertz

It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways. — Solange Nicole

What's the matter with you?" I hissed at her as we followed Kieran and Solange inside.
'She's royalty!'
"And a vampire, remember?"
'Oh yeah,' Chloe paused. 'Nope, princess trumps vampire. — Alyxandra Harvey

Everyone wants a piece of you. The trick is what piece to give. — Solange Nicole

You are all wave particles when I close my eyes. I am no more entranced by your entanglement than a butterfly is to a bee. — Solange Nicole

A lot of people don't know me as an artist. — 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 doesn't matter where your journey begins, so long as you begin it ... — Solange Nicole

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

My sound is Solange. It's definitely not Destiny's Child. — Solange Knowles