You Get Educated By Traveling.

[beyoncé ] Did A Kickass Job. You Were The Most Patient, Loving, Wonderful Sister Ever. In The 30 Years That We've Been Together, I Think We've Only Really, Like, Butted Heads ... We Can Count On One Hand.

There Were Things That Had Been Weighing Heavy On Me For Quite Some Time. And I Went Into This Hole, Trying To Work Through Some Of These Things So That I Could Be A Better Me And Be A Better Mom To Julez And Be A Better Wife And A Better Friend And A Better Sister.

I Was Working Through A Lot Of Challenges At Every Angle Of My Life, And A Lot Of Self-doubt, A Lot Of Pity-partying. And I Think Every Woman In Her Twenties Has Been There - Where It Feels Like No Matter What You Are Doing To Fight Through The Thing That Is Holding You Back, Nothing Can Fill That Void.

I've Also Learned To Only Write Songs And Melodies That Really Work For My Voice And That I Won't Have Issues Doing Live. Because You Can Get Really, Really Comfortable In The Comping Process: Out Of Five Takes, Maybe One Of Those High Notes That You Struggled To Do, Nailed It, And Then Live You're Having That Challenge Of Really Having To Recreate That.

I Don't Really Have Guilty Pleasures. Anything Musically That I Fully, Fully Believe, Is Good No Matter Who The Artist Is, No Matter What The Marketing Is Behind It, I Stand Pretty Firm.