I don’t think I’m inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be a feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy, thing. And I’m very drawn to female energy, but I don’t really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it.
SZAI’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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My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.
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There’s something different about growing up black and Muslim, especially in New Jersey. It’s like when I left the mosque and I left my dad, I felt unprotected, but I also felt a weird sense of pride, like I was involved in this other way of living that was cool to me.
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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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I love folk. I love rap.
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Every season is my season.
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I feel like when you say ‘activist,’ you have to have so much clarity, and I don’t always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I’m trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be.
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I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I’m grateful for that.
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I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.
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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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I think we all do: I think we wonder if we’re supposed to be here if we’re doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.
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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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My mom didn’t let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.
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I just make music however I feel and pray that it connects, and if it does, I’m super thankful. I think genres are more for other people, not for yourself.
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I feel like every outfit I have ever planned ahead is trash.
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Pain plus love and time = power.
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