SZA Quotes
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I love when things that I'm involved in really matter and when people like me back and don't just think I'm corny.
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I love folk. I love rap.
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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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I used to be offended when people would compare me to Erykah Badu. Because I'm black, thick, and have large lips? There's nothing similar about us whatsoever, and I felt very disrespected by the fact that people needed to pigeonhole me. I wasn't even raised on Erykah Badu!
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It's interesting to all of a sudden be considered valuable.
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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 was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to.
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I feel good being a black woman; I've always felt good.
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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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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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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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I think music is honest and will make you do honest things.
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I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.
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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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In one way, I want to heal people.
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I don't want to speak negativity into existence.
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I love food, so having a lot of food allergies now and just having a really sensitive body, it forces me to be very mindful and conscious and eat when I'm hungry, not just when I'm bored, and just really slow down. Everything in moderation.
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I've been known to wear pajamas onstage for the sole reason of wanting to make sure I'm free enough to execute new things vocally onstage and give my best performance possible.
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Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal.
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I love classical jazz.