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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More SZA Quotes
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Every season is my season.
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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 learned everything the hard way – like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.
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My mom didn’t let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.
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Pain plus love and time = power.
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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 definitely get inspiration from the ‘gram. I mean, Instagram is Google, essentially. I love looking at pictures of beautiful women.
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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.
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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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You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.
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In one way, I want to heal people.
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No one sets an impossible beauty standard like ya own mama lmao.
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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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Mental health and family above all things. Period.
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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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Just tryna eat pasta and mind my business.
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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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I live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I’m in it.
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I 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.
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People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it’s interesting to me. I’m just making music.
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I think music is honest and will make you do honest things.
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I make bad decisions frequently. They’re fun.
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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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I’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
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