I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I’m grateful for that.
SZAI 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.
More SZA Quotes
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Searchin for peace be like fishing for water.
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My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
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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 don’t enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.
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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 think music is honest and will make you do honest things.
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I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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Just tryna eat pasta and mind my business.
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Nothing feels better than switching wigs for no reason.
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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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Don’t get discouraged with your skin when it doesn’t do what you want it to do, Give it some time. That’s the only way to get to know yourself.
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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 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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Father if you don’t take me any further I honor the gifts you’ve given me thus far.
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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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