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.

Tina Knowles

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It was important to me to have a wedding and walk in white, because sometimes we feel that at a certain age you should act a certain way. You can find love at any age. You just have to go for it.

Tina Knowles

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I have always stressed to my girls that outer beauty fades but inner beauty lasts forever. Simple things like smiling and looking people in the eye could change someone's bad day into a good one. My mom always said that beauty is as beauty does, and I'm sure it will pass along to all the future generations of our family.

Tina Knowles

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To walk down the aisle and see all my friends and family and to see my handsome man standin' there, and to know that at 61 you can still find love and have a magical day like that ... it was really beautiful.

Tina Knowles

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Artists are blessed to travel all over the world. They see the trends before they even come out.

Tina Knowles

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I believe in the power of great clothing. It can evoke confidence, beauty, and a sense of glamour.

Tina Knowles

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Hair color is just an expression of something different that you want to have, or something creative.

Tina Knowles

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We can still be sexy and vibrant, fashionable, classy, and fly until the day we die!

Tina Knowles

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Haters gonna be haters, and there's nothing we can do about that.

Tina Knowles

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I'm the makeover queen. I love to do makeovers on people.

Tina Knowles

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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.

Tina Knowles

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It's easy to make clothes for a model, but when you can put them on real women and real curves, that's the test.

Tina Knowles

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Shoes can change an outfit.

Tina Knowles

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When I owned a hair salon back in Houston, I did a lot of makeovers. Women would come in for a new hairstyle and go out with a whole new look. I know what looks good on a woman.

Tina Knowles

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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.

Tina Knowles

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I think, when you value yourself and respect yourself, everything else just falls into place.

Tina Knowles

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Beyonce has long, muscular legs but is tall, thin, and very curvy, even voluptuous.

Tina Knowles

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I've read some things where people are like, 'Beyonce wants to be white' because she has blonde highlights in her hair, but it's ridiculous. You know, she is who she is, and she's a very proud black woman. I know people with natural hair that are the least black inside; you know, it doesn't matter.

Tina Knowles

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If you're going through something, just know that you're gonna come out on the other side. You're going through it - you're not stuck there forever.

Tina Knowles

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There was a time when I doubted if I would find love again. But I was determined to be happy.

Tina Knowles

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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.

Tina Knowles

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