SZA

I listen to Stevie Nicks.

— SZA

I do a lot of strange things.

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I love folk. I love rap.

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I was a funky kid.

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In one way, I want to heal people.

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I love Modest Mouse.

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I love classical jazz.

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I was unpopular my whole life.

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I feel good being a black woman; I've always felt good.

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Oh, Instagram stresses me out on a very deep level!

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I wasn't popular in high school; I had no friends.

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I don't want to speak negativity into existence.

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I think music is honest and will make you do honest things.

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My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.

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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.

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I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.

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So many people meet and become friends at my shows that didn't know each other before.

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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…

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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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Eternally repeating that cycle of death and rebirth, an existence such as this... truly, mine is what may be called a 'perfect…

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It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about.

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I got a lot of crap for being named SZA but not being affiliated with Wu-Tang, and being a girl.

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I always used to be like, 'I don't need to meditate.' And it's not true.

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I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.

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Don't get discouraged with your skin when it doesn't do what you want it to do... Give it some time. That's the…

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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.…

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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…

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Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative - it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the…

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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…

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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…

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I don't listen to my own music, so to me, it's awesome that people really like it. I was afraid that it…

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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…

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If you stepped out of bounds, or you stepped out of your tumbling path and didn't stick it. By the time you're…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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I don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety.

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I wasn't one of those girls who sang at church.

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My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.

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Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me.

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