This woman does not take a break ever. I respect her hustle and I love her songwriting talent, dancing and her drive. Beyonce is a great role model.


She really looks different in this photospread, much more like her mother and like she's been snacking on cornbread and rice and peas. She has thickness to spare, but she's fit and fierce.
On her and Jay-Z staying out of each other's business dealings:
"He was very successful before I met him and I was very successful before I met him. So we have so much respect for each other, and respect for each other artistically. We are very close friends, and I believe he is the ultimate artist and he has the same feelings for me".
Asked to describe herself as a wife:
"I don't know how to talk about it because I don't like to talk about it. But I have a great example of a great wife, and that's my mother. And I have great friends around me that have been married, so I'm lucky to have really good examples. And a great husband".
One thing she does to get on his nerve:
"I'm a little messy. Oh, yeah. Whenever I'm out in public, I have to be put together. When I get home, I rebel against it and I don't want to take care of anything. I drop it. I'm relaxed. I don't have any shoes on. No makeup. My purse is in the kitchen. I think that is most difficult thing for him. He's very, very organized. I'm extremely organized when I'm working, and I work so much that when I get home I don't want to think about anything".
As for what Jay-Z does that gets on her nerves, she laughs:
"I won't say".
The singer also reveals she's doing charity work such as working with women and children through shelters and organizations as well as mentoring and counseling them.
Asked about a quote from years ago where she said she wanted to retire by age 21. She says she could have retired at that age but now she has no intention of ever retiring:
"I've worked so hard on my craft, and I will never stop. I will never retire. I love it way too much."



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