I taught my girls to pick up their own suitcases. Pretty is as pretty does.
Take the time to get your clothes to fit. It makes a difference.
My mother, Agnes Dereon Beyince, was a seamstress and designer, and her passion passed down to me.
We pray before everything - videos, onstage, TV shows. I think that has a lot to do with being successful.
I think, when you value yourself and respect yourself, everything else just falls into place.
When I mentor girls, I'll go around the room and ask them what they want to be or do. I've heard so many kids say, 'I don't want to be anything,' which is really shocking, but it's because no one has sat down and asked them.
My grandkids are amazing.
You can dress sexy without going too far.
I'm a huge fan of Motown. When you saw them on stage, you saw sparkle... you saw attitude. They didn't have on t-shirt and jeans.
Beyonce, Solange, and my adopted daughter, Kelly Rowland, and I have always bonded over fashion.
When we say, 'We are starving,' we have to remember that there are people who are literally starving. If everyone fed one person, one meal, we could make a huge difference.
There was a time when I doubted if I would find love again. But I was determined to be happy.
You can find love at any age. You just have to go for it.
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.
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.
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?
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?
In the music business, if you're not a fighter, you will get walked all over.
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.
Our lives haven't been picture-perfect.
