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.
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.
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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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I 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.
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No one sets an impossible beauty standard like ya own mama lmao.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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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 wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you’re too young to trust yourself.
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My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
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I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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I don’t want to speak negativity into existence.
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You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.
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I love food, so having a lot of food allergies now and just having a really sensitive body, it forces me to be very mindful and conscious and eat when I’m hungry, not just when I’m bored, and just really slow down. Everything in moderation. , SZA quotes on food
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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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God forever working harder than satan.
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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 don’t have any control over what actually happens except that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I’m there. That’s all that matters.
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I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.
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In one way, I want to heal people.
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I made this and have too much to say about it.
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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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Just tryna eat pasta and mind my business.
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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’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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Control is not real, and I’m really understanding that every day. It’s about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.
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Only break the rules baby or whatever Ja said.
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