Mental health and family above all things. Period.
SZAMental health and family above all things. Period.
SZAI 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.
SZAI learned everything the hard way – like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.
SZAGod forever working harder than satan.
SZAWhen your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I’ve had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.
SZABlessed beyond measure to be with people who inspire me and have a vision beyond my wildest dreams.
SZAYou can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.
SZAI think music is honest and will make you do honest things.
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.
SZAWhen you’re, like, 190 pounds, dark-skinned, and a new artist that no one really cares about, people don’t really take the time to make you look beautiful.
SZAI definitely get inspiration from the ‘gram. I mean, Instagram is Google, essentially. I love looking at pictures of beautiful women.
SZANo one sets an impossible beauty standard like ya own mama lmao.
SZAI don’t listen to my own music, so to me, it’s awesome that people really like it. I was afraid that it wouldn’t connect with everyone. I’m more appreciative than anything. SZA
SZAI 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.
SZAPeople grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it’s interesting to me. I’m just making music.
SZAI live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I’m in it.
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