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" 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. "

Little Simz

You

Flow

People

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

" Singles are for people that want to chart - I'm measuring my success by how well I connect with people. "

" 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. "

Little Simz

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" I enjoy albums, not a song here and there. The recordings I like have been a soundtrack to a universe. "

Little Simz

Universe

Song

" I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know. "

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

Little Simz

Thoughts

You

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

" 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. "

Little Simz

Far Away

You

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

" I struggled with working with producers because no one openly wanted to give me a chance to rap on their beats. That's just honest talk. No one really wanted to take that risk. "

" 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'm not an 'out there' person if it's not on stage or if I'm not around people I'm most comfortable with. "

" 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.' "

Little Simz

Trying

You

" 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. "

Little Simz

Time

Same

" Dance was something I'd just done at my youth club, and I used to teach dance when I was 14 to 19, 20 years old. I had my own dance group, and then I got more into the acting stuff, and I started doing things for TV. And then I put that on pause, because I really wanted to focus on my real passion, which is music. "

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

" 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 an artist. I'm a musician. I'm not someone you can put in a box. "

" I'm the youngest of four. I have two older sisters and an older brother and was raised by a single mother. Basically, my household was just full of life. Everything was lit all the time. "

" The whole point of an album is to understand the artist and enjoy the music - it's supposed to make you want to go to a concert to see them in the flesh and get the album on vinyl and be a part of everything. That's what I'm about. "

" 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. "

Little Simz

Feel

Look

" I've always loved the English language. I just like words, you know? "

" The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad. "

" I've always been the kid who's known what they wanted to do. "

" 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. "