If I had to define 'sexy' now, as Disney as it sounds, I would have to say it's about complete and utter confidence.
I've always loved Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves.
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.
I love hip-hop. I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.
The Fela Kuti Queens - the band members and wives of the late African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti - are my fashion icons.
My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive.
When you're younger, you get shoved a lot. You don't really have a say-so.
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.
Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games.
We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.
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.
I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion.
It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music.
I actually love my natural hair when it's in a twist out and it's been slept on for five days and revived by the steam of the shower.
Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for.
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.
My ultimate beauty icon is Diana Ross.
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.'
You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists.
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.
