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" 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. "
SZA
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" I use Ecoco EcoStyler gel, but the alcohol-free protein one. That's the key. "
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" My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older. "
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" 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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" I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a Scorpio with a Pisces moon. I am very critical of myself. I'm actually way less critical of others than I am of myself. I'm in my own head a lot. It's hard and really discouraging. "
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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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" My mom is a Pan-Africanist. My dad is still Orthodox Sunni Muslim, but he's super fun. He worked in television for years. He was a Black Panther. "
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" I just think I have too much anxiety to listen to music. Sometimes it feels like noise, and sometimes it's so affecting that I can't recover from it. "
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" Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me. "
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" 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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" I love classical jazz. "
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" When you're, like, 190 pounds, dark-skinned, and a new artist that no one really cares about, people don't really take the time to make you look beautiful. "
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" I love Obama, and I just want to reiterate it again to everyone from every hilltop and every mountain: I love him! "
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" Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal. "
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" I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after. "
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" 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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" I feel like every outfit I have ever planned ahead is trash. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" As long as you're being honest and there's intention in what you're doing, then I think that energy permeates your field and becomes like a homing signal for other people with like energies. "
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" I don't listen to my own music, so to me, it's awesome that people really like it. I was afraid that it wouldn't connect with everyone. I'm more appreciative than anything. "
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" I drink a lot of water. "
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" In one way, I want to heal people. "
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" I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj's 'Feeling Myself.' "
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" 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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" I was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to. "
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" Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative - it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you're the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop. "
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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. "
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" I don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety. "
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