Beyoncé

“I had to tell myself, ‘At some point, you have to be the adult that your father has raised.’”

“My parents taught me how to work hard and smart. Both were entrepreneurs; I watched them struggle working 18-hour days,”

“We both knew it was time, maybe a few years before, but I love my father so much, and he has taught me so many things. So [choosing to part ways] was something that was hard,”

“They taught me that nothing worth having comes easily. My father stressed discipline and was tough with me. He pushed me to be a leader and an independent thinker. My mother loved me unconditionally, so I felt safe enough to dream.”

“If Beyoncé came to me and said, ‘Dad, I wanna be a doctor,’ I would find a way of buying a hospital.”

“You lose touch with who you are,”

“You wanna think she’s a bitch because she’s so fine,”

“When you work so much like we did, it’s just too much.”