We’re changing little girls’ lives across the world, and we didn’t even know what we were doing when we started.
SZAI used to be very revenge-motivated, but that’s just because I’m a Scorpio. Now I’m more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.
More SZA Quotes
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Desperately yearning to accept its all as it should be.
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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 want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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I 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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I was born in St. Louis, but I’m from Maplewood, New Jersey. Maplewood is completely different than the rest of New Jersey. It’s very small. It’s quietly affluent but more low-key. Lauryn Hill is from my town, though.
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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 think music is honest and will make you do honest things.
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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj’s ‘Feeling Myself.’
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I will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you’ve ever met. They’re very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.
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Searchin for peace be like fishing for water.
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Blessed beyond measure to be with people who inspire me and have a vision beyond my wildest dreams.
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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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Everything I love I over do.
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I don’t want to speak negativity into existence.
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Especially when I’m nervous, my mind is running a mile a minute. My ADHD speaks for me before I can speak for me.
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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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You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.
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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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My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.
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Sugar makes me feel crazy – like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don’t really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something – something that I’m missing.
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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 cuffing season. It’s a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired.
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I wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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I’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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