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Mathew Knowles Quotes
Mathew Knowles
American
Businessman
Born:
Jan 9
,
1952
Beyonce
Child
Me
People
Time
You
Kids watch their parents, right? And when kids are three, four, five-years-old, that's when they're like a sponge, and who they are is really developed by the time they are seven.
Mathew Knowles
Time
Three
Parents
Seven
Kids
Developed
Sponge
Like
Really
Who
Right
Four
Watch
By The Time
It's nobody's business how much I see my daughter or my grandkids, that's something personal that I care not to share.
Mathew Knowles
Business
Care
Daughter
I See
See
I Care
Something
Share
Nobody
How
How Much
Personal
Grandkids
Much
It's a lot of stress being a manager - a lot of moving parts.
Mathew Knowles
Stress
Parts
Lot
Manager
Being
Moving
Moving Parts
You can't equate me with Joe Jackson. I've never hit my kid, I'm educated, I understand the business world.
Mathew Knowles
Me
You
Business
World
Kid
Joe
Never
Equate
Understand
Educated
Hit
Jackson
Business World
My father was a truck driver, made $50 a week. And the reason why I know that so vividly is my Mom used to just constantly give him a hard time for that.
Mathew Knowles
Time
Mom
Father
Made
Constantly
Vividly
Give
Week
Driver
Truck
Truck Driver
Know
Him
Just
Used
Hard
Reason
Hard Time
Why
I was a stage dad. When I was with Earth, Wind and Fire, I was their stage dad - the O'Jays, I was the stage dad.
Mathew Knowles
Wind
Fire
Stage
Earth
Dad
The thing with R Kelly was, he liked to record late at night, around midnight. And what was different with his studio was that one room had a recording suite, and next door was a club, with 40 or 50 people dancing.
Mathew Knowles
People
Recording
Club
Suite
Late
Dancing
Record
Had
He
Studio
Liked
Around
His
Different
Door
Midnight
Room
Next
Next Door
Thing
Kelly
Night
There are some times when I have to take off the manager hat and be a father. And sometimes I have to take the father hat off and be a manager. And just to balance of that - and I'm not perfect so I make mistakes with that.
Mathew Knowles
Balance
Sometimes
Not Perfect
Father
Mistakes
Hat
Some
Perfect
Take
Make
Off
Times
Manager
Just
Destiny's Child has never broken up officially. So don't be surprised one day if there's a new record or a tour because the group never officially broke up.
Mathew Knowles
Day
Broken
Group
Destiny
One Day
Broke
Record
Tour
Never
New
Because
Surprised
Up
Child
Officially
It was very clear that I had breast cancer. From a man's perspective, I'm thinking, 'Why me?'
Mathew Knowles
Me
Man
Cancer
Perspective
Thinking
Had
Clear
Very
Breast Cancer
Why
I've been an educator all my life pretty much. It's important as a manager and also as a record label, to educate your artists on public speaking, how to build that connection, how to communicate effectively, to have a general working knowledge of the music industry.
Mathew Knowles
Life
Music
Knowledge
Communicate
My Life
Important
Build
Music Industry
All My Life
Record
Pretty
Record Label
General
Also
Industry
How
Educate
Been
Educator
Label
Effectively
Manager
Artists
Public
Much
Working
Your
Speaking
Connection
Public Speaking
I grew up in Gladstone, Alabama, on a dirt road, with an outside bathroom.
Mathew Knowles
Bathroom
Dirt
Outside
Road
Up
Grew
Alabama
I love a spirited debate.
Mathew Knowles
Love
Debate
I Love
Spirited
Every one of us have been disappointed before and have had to go through the grieving process of anger and, you know, disappointment and then acceptance and forgiveness.
Mathew Knowles
Forgiveness
You
Anger
Disappointment
Acceptance
Before
Every
Through
Had
Disappointed
Know
Go
Been
Process
Grieving
Then
Us
Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that?
Mathew Knowles
People
Say
She
Knows
How
How Many People
Ivy
Blue
Who
Many
Her
I guess I kind of have been known as the guy that shakes up girl groups.
Mathew Knowles
Girl
Guess
Kind
Guy
Shakes
Known
Been
Up
Groups
I wanted people to begin dialogue about racism, about colorism. I wanted people to really become honest about our beliefs, about racism and how it exists in America today.
Mathew Knowles
Today
Racism
People
Become
Our
About
How
Dialogue
Exists
Begin
America
Wanted
Really
Beliefs
Honest
I think the parenting of Tina and myself combined allowed our kids to really find their passion at an early age.
Mathew Knowles
Myself
Parenting
Age
Passion
Think
Our
I Think
Kids
Find
Allowed
Combined
Tina
Really
Early
Early Age
Blue Ivy is a star. She is just a star. I can see.
Mathew Knowles
I Can
See
She
Ivy
Blue
Just
Star
Beyonce did an incredible job of differentiating the sound of Destiny's Child in her songs. When you hear Destiny's Child, you know it based on the harmonies and the melodies.
Mathew Knowles
You
Job
Harmonies
Incredible
Melodies
Destiny
Songs
Beyonce
Know
Sound
Hear
Child
Did
Based
Her
Only one percent of artists are really profitable and successful. Beyonce is one‑tenth of one percent. When we talk about what she can do, ninety-nine percent of artists can't do that.
Mathew Knowles
Ninety-Nine
Ninety-Nine Percent
One Percent
About
Percent
Only
Beyonce
Talk
She
Artists
Really
Successful
Profitable
What I'm really proud of Beyonce and Solange, they understand the importance of creating the narrative. It's all about the narrative and how you position yourself with your narrative.
Mathew Knowles
You
Yourself
About
Beyonce
Importance
Understand
Narrative
Proud
How
Really
Creating
Your
Position
I would think Beyonce will be the greatest female artist of all time.
Mathew Knowles
Time
Will
Think
Would
All-Time
Beyonce
Female
Greatest
Artist
As a father I am extremely proud of Beyonce. I mean, Beyonce just keeps pushing the envelope, pushing the envelope and setting an example of the whole industry.
Mathew Knowles
I Am
Father
Example
Setting
Extremely
Envelope
Pushing
Beyonce
Industry
Proud
Am
Just
Mean
Whole
Keeps
See, I would never have Beyonce up here public speaking. She's not good at it. Solange was just at Yale. She's incredible at it.
Mathew Knowles
Good
Incredible
Would
See
Never
Beyonce
She
Yale
Up
Just
Public
Speaking
Public Speaking
Here
I'm a little bit more proud of Solange. She chose to do it her way. Because in the beginning, we wanted to mold her into this pop star, and that is not who she is. And we were wrong. I was wrong, the record labels were wrong... She wanted to do it her own way, and she did.
Mathew Knowles
Beginning
Own
Way
Bit
Record
More
Wrong
She
Because
Proud
Were
Labels
Did
Wanted
In The Beginning
Little
Little Bit
Pop
Mold
Pop Star
Who
Star
Chose
Her
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