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.
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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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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Nothing feels better than switching wigs for no reason.
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When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I’ve had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.
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My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
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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 don’t have a background in music, and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every day, I’m gonna get lost.
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I was a funky kid.
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Everything I love I over do.
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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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I love classical jazz.
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I wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.
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I feel like every outfit I have ever planned ahead is trash.
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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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Searchin for peace be like fishing for water.
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I hate being outside more than I can explain. I really have debilitating anxiety.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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Only break the rules baby or whatever Ja said.
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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 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 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 always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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God forever working harder than satan.
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I will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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I worry so much. Like, ‘Damn, how can I be excellent?’ But it’s a journey.
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