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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.

SZA

As long as you’re being honest and there’s the intention in what you’re doing, then I think that energy permeates your field and becomes like a homing signal for other people with like energies.
SZA

Honesty Spiritual Yourself
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.
SZA

Connection Feeling Music Myself People Thankful Yourself
I 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.
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God Hope Learning Lesson Myself People
How many thick black women are there singing whatever I’m singing, surrounded by rappers, but also from the suburbs? I can’t really judge someone else for judging me!
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Black Judgement Myself Sing Woman
Desperately yearning to accept its all as it should be.
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Acceptance Reality
My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.
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Control Myself
I love folk. I love rap.
SZA

Music Myself
People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it’s interesting to me. I’m just making music.
SZA

Music Myself People
We’re changing little girls’ lives across the world, and we didn’t even know what we were doing when we started.
SZA

Change Inspirational World
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.
SZA

Different Father Grow Up Live Pride Protection Religion Weird
I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that’s just because I’m a Scorpio. Now I’m more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.
SZA

Feeling Honesty Motivational Myself Practice Revenge
In the real world, I kind of, like, thrived a little bit. The things that were awkward about me at school, like being hyper passionate, I realized, ‘Oh I’m my own person, and I have my own idiosyncrasies and nuances that I don’t mind.’
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Myself Passionate Person Reality World
I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.
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Born Character Myself
I love classical jazz.
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Love Music Myself
I always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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Myself Spiritual True
My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
SZA

Music Myself People Space Touch

Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.

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