SZA Quotes

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SZA

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 8, 1990

I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I'm grateful for that.

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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 empowering women. I think it's crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you're playing yourself - I ride with whoever rides with me.

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

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

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Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it.

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My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.

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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 live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I'm in it.

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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 the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I've had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.

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I don't have any control over what actually happens except for that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I'm there. That's all that matters.

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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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I make bad decisions frequently. They're fun.

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

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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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My parents wanted me to go to school.

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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 worry so much. Like, 'Damn, how can I be excellent?' But it's a journey.

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