Little Simz

“I have a good family. I have good friends. I have people that actually care about my wellbeing as opposed to just work and just need me for work or whatever. Like, people that genuinely look out for me and my health, knowing how much work I put in.”

“I'm aware that as much as people like hearing and listening to my music, it's also very therapeutic for me to be able to express myself some way - how I'm feeling, how I'm thinking, and just saying what's in my heart and on my mind. I need to do that to maintain my sanity.”

“In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just let it all out.”

“As cliched as it sounds, music is my only form of expression. So I have to be honest with myself, and with that comes being vulnerable.”

“The whole point of an album is to understand the artist and enjoy the music - it's supposed to make you want to go to a concert to see them in the flesh and get the album on vinyl and be a part of everything. That's what I'm about.”

“I could probably say one thing that I'm excited about is I definitely wanna be an entrepreneur and be a humanitarian and that stuff.”

“I've always been the kid who's known what they wanted to do.”

“I chose to continue independent because, at the time I was being offered deals, it wasn't fitting into what I'd imagined. I decided to take a gamble on myself and see what happens.”

“Music is like therapy, you know? It's my escape. It's my way for me to express my feelings and my thoughts.”

“I haven't knocked all the doors I need to knock down, but I can see it happening more and more. It will just take more perseverance and work.”

“I believe in equality: guys have rights, women have rights. It should be the same with race, or class, or whatever. I just like balance.”

“I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that.”

“I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself.”

“I'm not an 'out there' person if it's not on stage or if I'm not around people I'm most comfortable with.”

“Sometimes I look at music as like movies. And so I feel like you can have your comedies, and you can have your dramas, and you can have your romances or whatever.”

“I'll leave my house if I need to. Otherwise I'm super comfortable in my own space, in my own company.”

“I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow.”

“Just because I'm British and I represent London to the core, that doesn't necessarily mean I have to stay there.”

“I'm just a bit of a dreamer, and I get really in my thoughts. I get so deep with myself at times it's almost very scary.”

“The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad.”