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" I didn't look like Rihanna. I was a bit chubby. I had puppy fat. I had a moustache. I didn't want to have lips; I didn't want a bum. I grew out of it, but I feel like everyone went through that phase of wanting to be skinny. "

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" I did classical singing at school. I did exams in that. I'd sing soprano, and we'd sing in German; we'd do Schubert for my pieces, in Latin, French... I really enjoyed that. I kind of miss it. "

Jorja Smith

Exams

Kind

Sing

" A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune. "

" Maybe I am a bit of a siren. "

Jorja Smith

Bit

Maybe

" I make music because it helps me. I feel better after I've written a song. I listen to my own songs, and they make me feel and think about stuff I'd done or someone said to me, and I feel a bit better. "

Jorja Smith

Feel

Better

" When I first moved to London, I used to pretend to be on the phone. I used to talk about stuff that was going on out loud. To my phone! I don't do that anymore! "

" I hate re-recording. I like singing, but I don't like recording a song over and over, making it too perfect. "

" I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound. "

" The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.' "

" 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. "

Jorja Smith

Watching

Things

" My songs are classics. "

Jorja Smith

Songs

Classics

" A lot of stuff doesn't faze me. I think it's because I was brought up in a small town, and normally, when you're from a small town, when you see a famous person, you'd be like, 'Oh my god. This never happens,' but I've always kind of been like nonchalant. "

" I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed. "

" The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people. "

" I was a bit late on Erykah Badu, but I don't think you can really be late on music. You discover it whenever; music is timeless. "

" Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases. "

" I listen to all types of music. "

" We are all beautiful in our own individual and special ways. "

" I'm not gonna just disappear after one album. "

" I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes. "

" I want to be worldwide, international, in everyone's ears, and everyone listening to what I'm saying, because I think I say some good stuff. "

" 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. "

" I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun. "

" I love SZA. She's great. "

" I'm not good at talking, but I can write a good song and tell a story. "

" I need to get a tiny bit more 'woke.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Jorja Smith

Good

People

" Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that. "

" I was born in June, so I like summer, and my favourite part of a sunny day is when the sun sets. "

Jorja Smith

Sunny

Summer

" I come from quite a creative family; everyone's just doing their own thing! "