Solange Knowles

I've always loved Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves.

I feel like I was 30 when I was 17, and I decided to get married and have a baby.

I can tell you what I really love: when I run into people on the street that tell me they have connected with my music.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.