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.
SZAI’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
More SZA Quotes
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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 think I’m inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be a feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy, thing. And I’m very drawn to female energy, but I don’t really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it.
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How 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!
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God forever working harder than satan.
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There’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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No one sets an impossible beauty standard like ya own mama lmao.
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I don’t enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.
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In one way, I want to heal people.
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Desperately yearning to accept its all as it should be.
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Nothing feels better than switching wigs for no reason.
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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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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 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 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 don’t want to speak negativity into existence.
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