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" Especially when I'm nervous, my mind is running a mile a minute. My ADHD speaks for me before I can speak for me. "
SZA
I Can
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" Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice. "
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" 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. "
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" Reading makes me so sleepy. Honestly, I'm a visual learner. "
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" I used to be offended when people would compare me to Erykah Badu. Because I'm black, thick, and have large lips? There's nothing similar about us whatsoever, and I felt very disrespected by the fact that people needed to pigeonhole me. I wasn't even raised on Erykah Badu! "
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" I definitely want to get into environmental science and environmental politics, learning a lot more and preserving what's left of the world. That's such a sacred circle to be in. I'd love to contribute to that. "
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" I always wanted to be a Klingon princess. They were so pretty, and their hair was fire. My hair is Klingon, I feel like. "
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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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" I wasn't one of those girls who sang at church. "
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" Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me. "
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" I've been known to wear pajamas onstage for the sole reason of wanting to make sure I'm free enough to execute new things vocally onstage and give my best performance possible. "
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" I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid. "
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" I'm a visual learner, so film is a huge inspiration to me. "
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" It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about. "
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" Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you. "
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" I feel like every outfit I have ever planned ahead is trash. "
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" I use Ecoco EcoStyler gel, but the alcohol-free protein one. That's the key. "
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" I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj's 'Feeling Myself.' "
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" I live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I'm in it. "
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" I always used to be like, 'I don't need to meditate.' And it's not true. "
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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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" 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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" I got a lot of crap for being named SZA but not being affiliated with Wu-Tang, and being a girl. "
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" I wasn't popular in high school; I had no friends. "
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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 used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way. "
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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 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. "
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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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" My parents wanted me to go to school. "
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