Beyonce Knowles

"I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies."

"I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans."

"I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation."

"I think music is something that can, and should, be used to get you into different things because eventually what goes up must come down - we're not going to be the number one group in the world forever - so you have to have something else to fall back on."

"I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous."

"I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing."

"We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation."

"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."

"When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested."