SZA Quotes
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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 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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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 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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I love classical jazz.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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My parents wanted me to go to school.
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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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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj's 'Feeling Myself.'
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The album that defined my childhood was probably Ella Fitzgerald's 'Greatest Hits,' whereas my half-sister, who didn't have the same conservative upbringing, was listening to Cash Money and crunk.
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I worry so much. Like, 'Damn, how can I be excellent?' But it's a journey.
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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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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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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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Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal.
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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 don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be 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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I have a really strong gluten allergy, and I'm pretty lactose-intolerant, like, in a big way, but I love cheese.
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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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Oh, Instagram stresses me out on a very deep level!
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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 love Modest Mouse.
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I love Obama, and I just want to reiterate it again to everyone from every hilltop and every mountain: I love him!