It’s so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I’m not incredibly passionate about.
SZAEvery day I pray to see myself the way God and others see me.
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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 do a lot of strange things.
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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 was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.
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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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It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you’re too young to trust yourself.
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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj’s ‘Feeling Myself.’
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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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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’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 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 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.
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I was a funky kid.
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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 want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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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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In the real world, I kind of, like, thrived a little bit. The things that were awkward about me at school, like being hyper passionate, I realized, ‘Oh I’m my own person, and I have my own idiosyncrasies and nuances that I don’t mind.’
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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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Your energy told me what your mouth couldn’t.
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In one way, I want to heal people.
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I don’t have any control over what actually happens except that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I’m there. That’s all that matters.
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Desperately yearning to accept its all as it should be.
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My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.
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Mental health and family above all things. Period.
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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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