SZA

“When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.”

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

“I don't want to speak negativity into existence.”

“Reading makes me so sleepy. Honestly, I'm a visual learner.”

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

“I love folk. I love rap.”

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

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

“On Halloween, because we don't celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.”

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

“I love cuffing season. It's a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired.”

“I don't have a background in music... and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every day, I'm gonna get lost.”

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

“I don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy... thing. And I'm very drawn to female energy, but I don't really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it.”

“Especially when I'm nervous, my mind is running a mile a minute. My ADHD speaks for me before I can speak for me.”

“I've fried my hair off. I've shaved my hair off. I've done it all.”

“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.”

“When I just decided to be myself, that's when you get questions like, 'How do you feel about feminism?' And I have no idea; this is just when I decide what I'm not tolerating and what I genuinely think and a little bit in between.”

“I don't have a primary doctor, a primary hairstylist, a primary anything. I don't even have a primary address! Everything is just whenever I can find one.”

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