Beyoncé premiered her HBO special ‘Life Is But A Dream‘ last night. Here’s what you will learn about the superstar in this very intimate tell all special presentation.
1. Firing her father wasn’t easy, but she had to do it.
“I needed boundaries and I think my dad needed boundaries. I needed a break. I needed my dad,” she said, while admitting, “It was hard. I had to sacrifice my relationship with my dad. It was a stressful, sad, difficult time, but I had to let go.”
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2. She confides in her computer.
She uses the camera as her diary, recording her most intimate thoughts.
“Thank God for my computer. Sometimes when there’s no one to talk to, I talk out loud so I can get all of my thoughts out and try to figure out the issues that I’m having and I’m trying to find the answers.”
3. Her 2011 Billboard Music Awards performance had to be epic.
She was pregnant at the time and had just let go of her father as her manager. “It was me putting my stamp on my independence,” said Bey.
4. She fights for her fellow women.
“Nobody knew I was pregnant during [the Billboard] performance and I’m cool with that. I’m not interested in a free ride, but it absolutely proved to me that women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don’t get the same opportunities as men do, or money for that matter. Because let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show.”
5. She’s learning to be a shrewd businesswoman.
“My father taught me so much about being a businesswoman and I’m understanding him a lot now and I think I realize that business and being polite, it doesn’t match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself. Now I’m learning how political things are and a lot of the crazy things he did was necessary.”
6. Jay-Z has taught her a lot about herself.
“He’s taught me so much about being an artist—not a musician, but an artist. And fighting for what I believe, and having my standards. I’m like most women, very generous and I’ll compromise, and he doesn’t compromise his art. I used to be afraid of people thinking I was difficult or too critical and I don’t really care about that anymore, as long as it’s for the right reason and I learned that from him.”
