I made this and have too much to say about it.
SZAWearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative – it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you’re the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop.
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Everything I love I over do.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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Every day I grapple between ‘I’m going to get married’ and ‘I’m going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.’
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Especially when I’m nervous, my mind is running a mile a minute. My ADHD speaks for me before I can speak for me.
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Only break the rules baby or whatever Ja said.
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I wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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I just think I have too much anxiety to listen to music. Sometimes it feels like noise, and sometimes it’s so affecting that I can’t recover from it.
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Your energy told me what your mouth couldn’t.
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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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I hate being outside more than I can explain. I really have debilitating anxiety.
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My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.
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I love classical jazz.
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I don’t have a background in music, and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every day, I’m gonna get lost.
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I don’t enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.
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I’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
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I always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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I love cuffing season. It’s a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired.
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My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
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I have a really strong gluten allergy, and I’m pretty lactose-intolerant, like, in a big way, but I love cheese.
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I worry so much. Like, ‘Damn, how can I be excellent?’ But it’s a journey.
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I will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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Just tryna eat pasta and mind my business.
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Desperately yearning to accept its all as it should be.
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I’ve been known to wear pajamas onstage for the sole reason of wanting to make sure I’m free enough to execute new things vocally on stage and give my best performance possible.
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On Halloween, because we don’t celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.
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I’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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