My mom didn’t let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.
SZAI 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.
More SZA Quotes
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I was a funky kid.
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I love folk. I love rap.
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I always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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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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I worry so much. Like, ‘Damn, how can I be excellent?’ But it’s a journey.
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I 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
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It’s so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I’m not incredibly passionate about.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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I love classical jazz.
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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’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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I’ve been known to wear pajamas onstage for the sole reason of wanting to make sure I’m free enough to execute new things vocally on stage and give my best performance possible.
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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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When 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.
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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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