I’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
SZAI’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
SZAEverything I love I over do.
SZAThere’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.
SZAKicked myself out the algorithm.
SZAI’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
SZAMy music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
SZAI 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.
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 was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.
SZAI do a lot of strange things.
SZAI 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.
SZAMy 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.
SZAJust tryna eat pasta and mind my business.
SZAIt starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you’re too young to trust yourself.
SZASugar makes me feel crazy – like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don’t really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something – something that I’m missing.
SZAI have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I’m grateful for that.
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