A biography for Jorja Smithhasn’t been written yet.
“I want to be worldwide, international, in everyone's ears, and everyone listening to what I'm saying, because I think I say some good stuff.”
“My dad will always criticize me. He doesn't care if it hurts my feelings. If I start acting a certain way, he would be like, 'Who do you think you are?' So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' but I don't think it. I'm really hard on myself.”
“For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music.”
“I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever.”
“That's what records are for: not to be skipped.”
“I express my thoughts through my music.”
“Paris is such a beautiful city.”
“I used to like loads of boys and get rejected all the time.”
“Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear.”
“I hate re-recording. I like singing, but I don't like recording a song over and over, making it too perfect.”
“I love SZA. She's great.”
“Before I put 'Blue Lights' out, I deleted my Instagram and everything and started again.”
“I write what I want to write.”
“I did classical singing at school. I did exams in that. I'd sing soprano, and we'd sing in German; we'd do Schubert for my pieces, in Latin, French... I really enjoyed that. I kind of miss it.”
“A road trip in Cuba is probably top of my list.”
“I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs.”
“I've got far to go. There's always more to be done.”
“I say what I'm feeling, and a lot of people feel the same way.”
“I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.”