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" I come from quite a creative family; everyone's just doing their own thing! "
Jorja Smith
Doing
Own
Family
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" I left Starbucks in 2015. When I was younger, I remember looking at Justin Bieber and wishing I had all these fans, but you know what? Everyone has their path, everyone's path is different, and this is where mine's going. I just didn't want to work at Starbucks. I wanted to be writing music all the time. "
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" Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still. "
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" My voice makes the genre because I sound like me on all my songs - I've made my own genre: Jorja Smith. "
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" It's very special that I can go through things - and write them down and record them - and so many people can relate. Not everybody can get out who they are and really feel better after they write. "
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" Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last. "
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" There's this issue where I'm really doing well and got hate 'cause I'm too light-skinned. I understand why people say that - throughout history, the lighter you are, that's how it's been. But it's not my fault. My mom and dad had me! I look how I look. "
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" So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' rather, but I don't think it. You know, so, I don't go around thinking this. I'm really hard on myself. I think that's quite good. "
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Me
" There's always been music in my house growing up. In the kitchen, there's a speaker, and we'd always have my mum's iPod in it - she never makes food without listening to music. And I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' with my dad. "
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Food
Growing Up
" Sometimes I observe stuff I haven't been through and write about it. I used to walk my dog with these 50-year-olds, and they'd tell me stories I could use. "
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Dog
Walk
" My dad will always criticize me. He doesn't care if it hurts my feelings. If I start acting a certain way, he would be like, 'Who do you think you are?' So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' but I don't think it. I'm really hard on myself. "
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Amazing
Me
" I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice. "
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Believe
Voice
" That's what records are for: not to be skipped. "
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Records
" Paris is such a beautiful city. "
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City
Beautiful City
Beautiful
" I used to like loads of boys and get rejected all the time. "
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Loads
Time
Like
" I was born in June, so I like summer, and my favourite part of a sunny day is when the sun sets. "
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Sunny
Summer
Like
" I love anything about love. "
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I Love
Anything
About
" If you want to hear good music, good music will always be found. "
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You
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" Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.' "
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Just Do It
Parents
Always
" When I'm writing, I like to have a tiny bit of fact and then exaggerate it and turn it into something more people could relate to. "
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Fact
Writing
Turn
" The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.' "
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Life Is A
Song
Worth
" I remember watching somebody called Esmee Denters doing covers that were really popular and wishing that was me. But I'm glad it wasn't. Things have worked out OK. "
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Watching
Things
" I overthink everything, and one thing I find difficult is to actually be in the moment. "
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Find
Moment
" I'd like young girls to be able to listen to my music and take something positive away from it. "
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Young
Positive
" I'm not gonna just disappear after one album. "
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Album
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" When I'm writing, I'll just say random stuff that doesn't make sense, and then a certain word that I keep saying will stick out, and I'll write from there. "
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Writing
Will
" I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong. "
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Sorry
Song
" When I found 'New Chain' by Col3trane, honestly, I couldn't stop playing it. It's a good road trip song because the beat just drives on. "
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Trip
" I met Sade! I performed 'Blue Lights' at one of Drake's shows in London, and I met her backstage. She told me her son is a big fan. That was a moment when I was like, 'Wow.' "
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" I say what I'm feeling, and a lot of people feel the same way. "
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Feeling