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" 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. "
SZA
Who
Men
Sassy
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" Sugar makes me feel crazy - like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don't really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something - something that I'm missing. "
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Me
Crazy
Fruit
" 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.' "
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Alone
Rest
Day
" 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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Myself
" I'm a visual learner, so film is a huge inspiration to me. "
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Learner
Film
Me
" People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music. "
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People
Music
Me
" 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. "
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Halloween
Walk
New York
" So many people meet and become friends at my shows that didn't know each other before. "
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Friends
People
Know
" I worry so much. Like, 'Damn, how can I be excellent?' But it's a journey. "
SZA
Worry
Journey
Much
" 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! "
SZA
Black
Singing
Women
" I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way. "
SZA
Kind
Scared
Just
" 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. "
SZA
Lost
Short
Music
" My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way. "
SZA
You
Conservative
Parents
" 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. "
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Food
Down
Love
" I was born in St. Louis, but I'm from Maplewood, New Jersey. Maplewood is completely different than the rest of New Jersey. It's very small. It's quietly affluent but more low-key. Lauryn Hill is from my town, though. "
SZA
Rest
Born
Hill
" I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I'm grateful for that. "
SZA
Love
Life
Abundant
" I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after. "
SZA
I Feel
Feel
Enjoy
" 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. "
SZA
Want
Doing The Right Thing
Think
" 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. "
SZA
Me
Universe
Energy
" I've always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn't let me. "
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Want
Mom
Me
" I love the comparison with Aaliyah and Timbaland, because Aaliyah is a legend, and there is a large cinematic feel to Timbaland's sound, but what I do is different. "
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Feel
Sound
Love
" I love cuffing season. It's a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired. "
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Who
Those
Season
" I feel good being a black woman; I've always felt good. "
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Good
Feel Good
Woman
" 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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I Can
Me
Mind
" The album that defined my childhood was probably Ella Fitzgerald's 'Greatest Hits,' whereas my half-sister, who didn't have the same conservative upbringing, was listening to Cash Money and crunk. "
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Same
Cash
Childhood
" I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports. "
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Gymnast
Heavy
Years
" 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. "
SZA
Myself
Why
Matters
" I was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to. "
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Used
Quiet
High School
" I feel like when you say 'activist,' you have to have so much clarity, and I don't always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I'm trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be. "
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People
Help
Help Others
" I don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety. "
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Like
Shop
Anxiety
" My parents wanted me to go to school. "
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Me
School
Wanted