SZA Quotes
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Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal.
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I've fried my hair off. I've shaved my hair off. I've done it all.
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Oh, Instagram stresses me out on a very deep level!
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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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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 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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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj's 'Feeling Myself.'
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Reading makes me so sleepy. Honestly, I'm a visual learner.
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My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.
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I feel like when you say 'activist,' you have to have so much clarity, and I don't always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I'm trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be.
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I don't want to speak negativity into existence.
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My mom is a Pan-Africanist. My dad is still Orthodox Sunni Muslim, but he's super fun. He worked in television for years. He was a Black Panther.
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I love Modest Mouse.
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I was a funky kid.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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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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I love classical jazz.
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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 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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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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When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.
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Sugar makes me feel crazy - like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don't really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something - something that I'm missing.
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I don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety.
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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.