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" I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual. "

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" As cliched as it sounds, music is my only form of expression. So I have to be honest with myself, and with that comes being vulnerable. "

" I'm just a bit of a dreamer, and I get really in my thoughts. I get so deep with myself at times it's almost very scary. "

" I just always want to be as transparent as possible. "

" I've experienced racism and run-ins with the law, and it's a real thing, and it happens where I grew up. It's something that not a lot of people want to talk about. I feel like I have a duty, and I wouldn't be honest or true to myself if I didn't speak about it. "

" I like it when people have good flow, but I also like it when people actually say stuff. Because sometimes that's a very good distraction, like, to have impeccable flow, but you're saying a lot without saying anything. "

" I did a show in Germany, and some kid - he was disabled - he was actually in a wheelchair, and he came out to my show, and he couldn't get across to me what he was trying to say, and you could see that he was frustrated because he couldn't fully express himself, and I just felt like, 'Wow, he's just really passionate about me.' "

" Music is like therapy, you know? It's my escape. It's my way for me to express my feelings and my thoughts. "

" I don't get fazed by things easily. I don't really care about much; I'm just not interested in a lot. I'm just interested in the well being of my close ones, my music, the message I'm portraying, how my efforts are contributing to society. "

" I don't dress to impress; I've never been that person. "

" When you feel like a musician you listen to is like you, then they don't feel so far away, and whatever you want to get to isn't so far away. "

" I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that. "

" Sometimes I look at music as like movies. And so I feel like you can have your comedies, and you can have your dramas, and you can have your romances or whatever. "

" My sisters and my mum taught me how to be a woman: the way they carry themselves, the way they talk to people, the way they know how to put their foot down. They're not having any nonsense from no one. I can see traces of that in me. "

" I was always just an ambitious kid from early. I always knew that I had a purpose and I was destined for something big, great. "

" I'm aware that as much as people like hearing and listening to my music, it's also very therapeutic for me to be able to express myself some way - how I'm feeling, how I'm thinking, and just saying what's in my heart and on my mind. I need to do that to maintain my sanity. "

" I'll leave my house if I need to. Otherwise I'm super comfortable in my own space, in my own company. "

" In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just let it all out. "

" I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and kind of be a bit more experimental and open myself up a bit, whether that's taking influence from jazz or soul or electronic. "

" Just because I'm British and I represent London to the core, that doesn't necessarily mean I have to stay there. "

" I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow. "

" I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself. "

" My mom raised me to be a strong person. "

" I've worked really, really hard on my lyricism. "

" I never knew listening to a song could give you goose bumps and make you cry until I listened to Lauryn Hill. "

" I'm not desperate to sign, like, a record deal. I'm very hungry, but I'm just not desperate for it. "

" I haven't knocked all the doors I need to knock down, but I can see it happening more and more. It will just take more perseverance and work. "

" I chose to continue independent because, at the time I was being offered deals, it wasn't fitting into what I'd imagined. I decided to take a gamble on myself and see what happens. "

" I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too. "

" I have a good family. I have good friends. I have people that actually care about my wellbeing as opposed to just work and just need me for work or whatever. Like, people that genuinely look out for me and my health, knowing how much work I put in. "

" I get 'female Kendrick' quite a lot. I'm definitely not complaining. At the same time, I want to be the female Simz. I just want to be me. "