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.
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.
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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 love cuffing season. It’s a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired.
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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj’s ‘Feeling Myself.’
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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 try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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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’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it. SZA
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I went through this phase of Spandex, high heels, and fur coats when I was in my late teens and early twenties; before then, I lived in overalls and baggy T-shirts.
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Wearing 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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Father if you don’t take me any further I honor the gifts you’ve given me thus far.
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I love folk. I love rap.
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I don’t have a primary doctor, a primary hairstylist, a primary anything. I don’t even have a primary address! Everything is just whenever I can find one.
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I love empowering women. I think it’s crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you’re playing yourself – I ride with whoever rides with me.
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I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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