Beyonce was very shy around children, and one of the reasons we put her in dance classes was so she'd have some little kid friends.
— Tina Knowles
Beyonce knows what looks good on her and what doesn't. She likes fitted dresses. They flatter her curvy figure. Baggy tops don't work. But for everyday wear, she really prefers jeans and a fitted jacket.
Beyonce has long, muscular legs but is tall, thin, and very curvy, even voluptuous.
I'm the makeover queen. I love to do makeovers on people.
I taught my girls to pick up their own suitcases. Pretty is as pretty does.
If you hold onto stuff, it holds on to you. It just weighs you down, and it's a waste of energy. Why would I waste my energy on being bitter and hating when I could be using it to go out and do some really good stuff, you know?
The whole thing about dating was the scariest thing in the world. And I would tell my friends, 'I'm never going to find anyone. Where am I going to find someone? By now, I'm 59 years old. Where do you meet men?' It was really funny. So I just focused on myself.
Sometimes people hear that you help somebody or you said something that really resonated with them that they really needed to hear. Sometimes people get motivated to go and do stuff. That makes me feel really good because I feel like I'm affecting people in a good way.
We can still be sexy and vibrant, fashionable, classy, and fly until the day we die!
There was a time when I doubted if I would find love again. But I was determined to be happy.
As a designer, I believe in the power of fashion. It has the ability to not only change how you look but also how you feel about yourself.
We pray before everything - videos, onstage, TV shows. I think that has a lot to do with being successful.
When Beyonce began singing in earnest, she was 10 years old.
Everybody has their pain.
People always accuse us of being overprotective with Beyonce. But I was the mother saying, 'You gonna go hang out? You gonna go to this party?' She was always just so durn easy, so durn mature.
When I look at me, I think I'm a good catch. Why wouldn't somebody like me for me? I'm a pleasant person. I'm an intelligent person. I'm a good person. I'm not bad looking. Why wouldn't I be able to get somebody to like me?
I'd like to reinforce that fact that if you put out positive stuff that that's what you get back.
When my kids were young, we used to go to a place called The Shrine of the Black Madonna in Houston. It was an African-American bookstore where they sold paintings, but they also had a room that was an all-purpose center. If you wanted to have a dance recital or anything that was related to the community activities, you could have it there.
I think that everybody, at one time or another, has been betrayed and lied to, and it's about the pain, and it's about the healing process, and it's about how do you get past that and move on.
Artists are blessed to travel all over the world. They see the trends before they even come out.
Louisiana is a special place in my family's history, and we are committed as a family to never forget the city and the people of Baton Rouge.
I grew up with Cher and Motown, beautiful costumes.
When you get to be a certain age, you want to wear your tops a little longer or pants that are more generous in the back area.
Our lives haven't been picture-perfect.
In the music business, if you're not a fighter, you will get walked all over.
I think, when you value yourself and respect yourself, everything else just falls into place.
I don't post pictures of my grandchildren unless I get permission. I'm really respectful about that. If I feel like anything is invasive of someone's privacy, I don't do that, either. Sometimes I have great pictures, but I'm like, 'Eh, maybe this is not right.'
As a teenager, my brother's girlfriend came into my life, and I just thought she was the bomb. I followed her around, and she could just say anything, and it would influence me. She took me to my first nice restaurant, bought me my first nice handbag, and took me to my first Alvin Ailey show when I was 14, which changed my life.
You can find love at any age. You just have to go for it.
