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" I don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety. "

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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. "

" I drink a lot of water. "

" I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details. "

" I love Modest Mouse. "

" I do a lot of strange things. "

" 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. "

" I use Ecoco EcoStyler gel, but the alcohol-free protein one. That's the key. "

" My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages. "

" I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better. "

" 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. "

" Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal. "

" I worry so much. Like, 'Damn, how can I be excellent?' But it's a journey. "

" I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons. "

" I wasn't popular in high school; I had no friends. "

" Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me. "

" In the real world, I kind of, like, thrived a little bit. The things that were awkward about me at school, like being hyper passionate... I realized, 'Oh I'm my own person, and I have my own idiosyncrasies and nuances that I don't mind.' "

" It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about. "

" I definitely get inspiration from the 'gram. I mean, Instagram is Google, essentially. I love looking at pictures of beautiful women. "

" Reading makes me so sleepy. Honestly, I'm a visual learner. "

" I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports. "

" I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way. "

" 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. "

" My parents wanted me to go to school. "

" I was a funky kid. "

" When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I've had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own. "

" 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. "

" People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music. "

" I don't have any control over what actually happens except for that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I'm there. That's all that matters. "