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.
SZANothing feels better than switching wigs for no reason.
More SZA Quotes
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God forever working harder than satan.
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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 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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You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.
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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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I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.
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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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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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Rebirth. Entropy. Beauty. Chaos. Divine feminine.
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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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My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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Everything I love I over do.
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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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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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Kicked myself out the algorithm.
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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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I wasn’t popular in high school; I had no friends.
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I made this and have too much to say about 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 feel like every outfit I have ever planned ahead is trash.
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My mom didn’t let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.
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Mental health and family above all things. Period.
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Every day I grapple between ‘I’m going to get married’ and ‘I’m going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.’
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Your energy told me what your mouth couldn’t.
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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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