SZA

“It's interesting to all of a sudden be considered valuable.”

“I always wanted to be a Klingon princess. They were so pretty, and their hair was fire. My hair is Klingon, I feel like.”

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

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

“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!”

“Every day I grapple between 'I'm going to get married' and 'I'm going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.'”

“I just make music however I feel and pray that it connects, and if it does, I'm super thankful. I think genres are more for other people, not for yourself.”

“I love Obama, and I just want to reiterate it again to everyone from every hilltop and every mountain: I love him!”

“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 only way to get to know yourself.”

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

“I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way.”

“I use Ecoco EcoStyler gel, but the alcohol-free protein one. That's the key.”

“I don't feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I've had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.”

“I've always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn't let me.”

“I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.”

“I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj's 'Feeling Myself.'”

“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.”

“I think we all do: I think we wonder if we're supposed to be here, if we're doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.”

“I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.”

“I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.”