The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.

As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.

I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.

It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.

I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.

I feel like I am alone when I am in the presence of those I love. It is so freeing and comfortable, you become one with them.

There can only be one Queen Bey.