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"The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive."
"We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends' birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date."
"Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy. Marilyn Monroe, because she was a curvy woman. I'm drawn to things that have the same kind of silhouettes as what she wore because our bodies are similar."
"We are all the same and we all want the same things: the right to be happy, to be just who we want to be and to love who we want to love."
"Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration."
"It's all about attitude and feeling good about yourself and not looking like everybody on TV. You do not have to be small; you can have some junk in your trunk."
"My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life."
"If he invited you out, he's got to pay."
"The Pink Panther is legendary, but a lot of people my age haven't ever seen the original. So, I think it's great to bring it back for my generation, and to expose them to where that theme song which still sounds so modern and that legendary image of a pink cat came from. It's great to be a part of that, because it's history."
"Honestly...how did I do as a big sister?"
"I never imagined I would be in a film with Steve Martin. I was a little star struck, because I grew up watching his movies."
"I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane."
"I've had the same car for five years - it's a convertible Jag which I bought with my own money. It's very Austin Powers."
"When I'm on the red carpet, I'm prepared for [the attention.] But the worst thing is on planes, when you're asleep and you're woken up by a camera flashing. That's a little bit much. But what do you do? It's a part of [being famous]. Unfortunately."
"I have two different sides to my personality. I decided to give my fans what they want and who they are used to who is the person in all the videos and the person in 'Crazy in Love' who is Sasha Fierce. I have someone else takes over when its time for me to work and when I'm on stage."
"Destiny's Child will always be No.1 on my list."
"I'll put on a song that I really like and do bicep curls with two kilo weights the whole song."
"I get nervous when I don't get nervous."
"We're not exposed to a lot of guys."
"I have nine Grammy Awards. I wouldn't have that if I couldn't sing."