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Tina Knowles

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2025-04-22

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1. “They just didn't dig for people. They said there was no way that they could survive. And his brothers were like, we'll do it. You guys don't have to do it, but they put them out. And so they snuck back in after they closed. They blew the whistle at three and they dug my daddy and the other man out. So they saved them. And instead of being applauded for it, which you would think that they would have been, they were actually arrested and fired”

   2025-04-22 · The Oprah Podcast · Tina Knowles: "Matriarch" | Oprah's Book Club · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “Well, just research, I was amazed by their resilience and their ability to still take care of their kids and make sure that they weren't sold or separated from them.”

   2025-04-22 · The Oprah Podcast · Tina Knowles: "Matriarch" | Oprah's Book Club · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

3. “Well, you know, I thought I'd never do a memoir because, as you know, my family is super private. More so than me, but I always felt like I had to protect everybody and not talk about things. And there have been so many narratives about me and my family, so many misconceptions, so many lies that I decided one day, you know, do I want people to tell my story after I'm gone and create their own narrative, or should I tell it? So that was very, very important to me that I got the story out myself.”

   2025-04-22 · The Oprah Podcast · Tina Knowles: "Matriarch" | Oprah's Book Club · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

4. “Well, I love this artist. He's an African artist in Lagos, and I've got several paintings from him, and he always puts cherry blossoms behind it. And his paintings remind me of my mom. You know, I grew up in this little raggedy house, but my mom had the most beautiful rose bushes, and she just had this green thumb. And there were flowers everywhere. We always had flower wallpaper. And, you know, flowers were so representative of her spirit.”

   2025-04-22 · The Oprah Podcast · Tina Knowles: "Matriarch" | Oprah's Book Club · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT