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" Dance was something I'd just done at my youth club, and I used to teach dance when I was 14 to 19, 20 years old. I had my own dance group, and then I got more into the acting stuff, and I started doing things for TV. And then I put that on pause, because I really wanted to focus on my real passion, which is music. "

Little Simz

Dance

Music

Passion

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" I get 'female Kendrick' quite a lot. I'm definitely not complaining. At the same time, I want to be the female Simz. I just want to be me. "

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" I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and kind of be a bit more experimental and open myself up a bit, whether that's taking influence from jazz or soul or electronic. "

" 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. "

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

" I did a show in Germany, and some kid - he was disabled - he was actually in a wheelchair, and he came out to my show, and he couldn't get across to me what he was trying to say, and you could see that he was frustrated because he couldn't fully express himself, and I just felt like, 'Wow, he's just really passionate about me.' "

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Trying

You

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't dress to impress; I've never been that person. "

" 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 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. "

" I was always just an ambitious kid from early. I always knew that I had a purpose and I was destined for something big, great. "

" I like it when people have good flow, but I also like it when people actually say stuff. Because sometimes that's a very good distraction, like, to have impeccable flow, but you're saying a lot without saying anything. "

" I enjoy albums, not a song here and there. The recordings I like have been a soundtrack to a universe. "

Little Simz

Universe

Song

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

" I'm an artist. I'm a musician. I'm not someone you can put in a box. "

" I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know. "

" 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 not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 don't get fazed by things easily. I don't really care about much; I'm just not interested in a lot. I'm just interested in the well being of my close ones, my music, the message I'm portraying, how my efforts are contributing to society. "

" I've worked really, really hard on my lyricism. "

" When you feel like a musician you listen to is like you, then they don't feel so far away, and whatever you want to get to isn't so far away. "

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You

" When I write, I normally write anywhere that I can feel at peace, so if it's in my bedroom, if it's at the park, if it's by a lake somewhere, wherever I feel calm is where I like to write. "