“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.”

I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.

I used to want you so bad, I’m so through with that because honestly you turned out to be the best thing I never had!

Perfection is a disease of a nation.

Men and women balance each other out, and we have to get to a point where we are comfortable with appreciating each other.

There are times i hate you cause i cant erase the times you hurt me and put tears on my face.

I like to walk around with bare feet and I don’t like to comb my hair.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.

Acting is easier and smoother than singing – it’s less drama.

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don’t know you think.

It’s easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own.

I think it’s important for women to be around other women and learn from each other.

I fell in love with music by listening to R&B, & it’s the core of who I am.

Right now, after giving birth, I really understand the power of my body. I just feel my body means something completely different.

Destiny’s Child will always be No.1 on my list.

Eeveryone says you can only fall in love one, but thats not true because every time i see you i fall in love with you all over again.

Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you.