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.
SZANo one sets an impossible beauty standard like ya own mama lmao.
More SZA Quotes
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I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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I wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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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 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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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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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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Searchin for peace be like fishing for water.
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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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In one way, I want to heal people.
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I love classical jazz.
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It’s so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I’m not incredibly passionate about.
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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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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’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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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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