On Halloween, because we don’t celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.
SZAI 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.
More SZA Quotes
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I’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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My mom didn’t let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.
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How many thick black women are there singing whatever I’m singing, surrounded by rappers, but also from the suburbs? I can’t really judge someone else for judging me!
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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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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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We’re changing little girls’ lives across the world, and we didn’t even know what we were doing when we started.
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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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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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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.
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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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You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.
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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj’s ‘Feeling Myself.’
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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 will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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