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" I have a really strong gluten allergy, and I'm pretty lactose-intolerant, like, in a big way, but I love cheese. "

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" You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn. "

" 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. "

" I wasn't one of those girls who sang at church. "

" My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to speak negativity into existence. "

" I love classical jazz. "

" I love Modest Mouse. "

" When I just decided to be myself, that's when you get questions like, 'How do you feel about feminism?' And I have no idea; this is just when I decide what I'm not tolerating and what I genuinely think and a little bit in between. "

" I always used to be like, 'I don't need to meditate.' And it's not true. "

" 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. "

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

" I think we all do: I think we wonder if we're supposed to be here, if we're doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time. "

Doing The Right Thing

" 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! "

" My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what. "

" Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice. "

" I do a lot of strange things. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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've fried my hair off. I've shaved my hair off. I've done it all. "

" My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way. "

" Especially when I'm nervous, my mind is running a mile a minute. My ADHD speaks for me before I can speak for me. "

" 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 music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in. "

" 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.' "

" I went through this phase of Spandex, high heels, and fur coats when I was my late teens and early twenties; before then, I lived in overalls and baggy T-shirts. "

" I make bad decisions frequently. They're fun. "