“You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically th...” — Solange Knowles Quote

“You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists.”

“People who live in L.A. don't like to leave their homes because they have so much space. They have the nice kitchens and a cook and a pool. When you live in L.A., there is a sense of isolation in terms of raising a family.”

“You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off.”

“Everyone talks about how, in your 30s, all of these growing pains transition into wisdom and you feel more self-assured and confident, but I think I had a bit of a jump-start on that at 27.”

“Major labels act as banks in terms of how they produce and release your album. No major label is really good or bad; they just 100 per cent operate as a business, which makes sense... no hard feelings.”

“I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in black women's lives.”

“Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law for African occupation - as early as 1959 and 1960.”

“We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.”

“Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and our families and countries? We're going to flood the market.”

“In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help.”

“A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.”

“Creating a body of mathematics is about intellectual labor, not some kind of transcendental revelation. There are plenty of important components of European fractal geometry that are missing from the African version.”