I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
SZAMy 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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I don’t enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.
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I don’t listen to my own music, so to me, it’s awesome that people really like it. I was afraid that it wouldn’t connect with everyone. I’m more appreciative than anything. SZA
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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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Father if you don’t take me any further I honor the gifts you’ve given me thus far.
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Your energy told me what your mouth couldn’t.
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I always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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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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I wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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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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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.
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I made this and have too much to say about it.
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I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
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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 was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.
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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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I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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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 will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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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 was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.
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I make bad decisions frequently. They’re fun.
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Everything I love I over do.
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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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I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I’m grateful for that.
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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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