I always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
SZAI always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
SZAEvery day I grapple between ‘I’m going to get married’ and ‘I’m going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.’
SZAHow 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!
SZAEverything I love I over do.
SZAI will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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.
SZAAs 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.
SZAI 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.
SZAI definitely get inspiration from the ‘gram. I mean, Instagram is Google, essentially. I love looking at pictures of beautiful women.
SZASearchin for peace be like fishing for water.
SZAI was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.
SZAI do a lot of strange things.
SZAMental health and family above all things. Period.
SZAWhen 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.
SZAI think music is honest and will make you do honest things.
SZAI have a really strong gluten allergy, and I’m pretty lactose-intolerant, like, in a big way, but I love cheese.
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