Beyoncé Dishes on New Music, Super Bowl, Equality and More in GQ

F**k a leak. Seeing the official, high-resolution image of Beyoncé on the cover of GQ will still make any living being run to the newsstand the minute it hits the shelf.

As King Bey preps her highly-anticipated Super Bowl performance next month and an HBO documentary to boot, she discusses the money-making machine that is her livelihood and why women need to cash out for equality. Beyonce also revealed that she's racked up a stash of new material.

"I’ve been working with Pharrell and Timbaland and Justin Timberlake and [The] Dream. We all started in the ’90s, when R&B was the most important genre, and we all kind of want that back: the feeling that music gave us."

Here's are some more highlights below.

Gon' Get This Work
"I worked so hard during my childhood to meet this goal: By the time I was 30 years old, I could do what I want. I've reached that. I feel very fortunate to be in that position. But I've sacrificed a lot of things, and I've worked harder than probably anyone I know, at least in the music industry. So I just have to remind myself that I deserve it."

The Perfect Touchdown
"One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete. You know how they sit down and watch whoever they're going to play and study themselves? That's how I treat this. I watch my performances, and I wish I could just enjoy them, but I see the light that was late. I see, 'Oh God, that hair did not work.' Or 'I should never do that again.' I try to perfect myself. I want to grow, and I'm always eager for new information."

Who Run The World?
"You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don't make as much money as men do. I don't understand that. Why do we have to take a backseat? I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous."

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