MATHEW KNOWLES

Only a fool manages himself.

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.

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.

If I needed money, I wouldn't sell $5 t-shirts. I'd sell a Grammy or an MTV award.

My kids, they take a lot from me and I always come from an intellectual place. Like intellectually, not emotionally, and most people come from an emotional place and it's unfortunate.

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.

I love a spirited debate.

I would describe my relationship with my daughters as 'loving.'

The decision for Beyonce and Music World Entertainment to part was mutual. We did great things together, and I know that she will continue to conquer new territories in music and entertainment.

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.

I would think Beyonce will be the greatest female artist of all time.

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.

I don't even read social media.

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.

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.

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.

I have four things to be concerned about: prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and breast cancer. The rest of my life I have to be very much aware and conscious and do all of the early detection.

My mother's last name, maiden name is Hogue. She is Cherokee and African. My grandfather, Dave Hogue, owned 300 acres of land in Marion, Alabama. He was an entrepreneur and someone I looked up to as a kid a lot.

Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that?

You can't equate me with Joe Jackson. I've never hit my kid, I'm educated, I understand the business world.

Blue Ivy is a star. She is just a star. I can see.

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.

Well, there's no way that we can get into the mind of Beyonce.

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.

I grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.