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

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" 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 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. "

" I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid. "

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

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" I love when things that I'm involved in really matter and when people like me back and don't just think I'm corny. "

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

" It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you're too young to trust yourself. "

" There's something different about growing up black and Muslim, especially in New Jersey. It's like when I left the mosque and I left my dad, I felt unprotected, but I also felt a weird sense of pride, like I was involved in this other way of living that was cool to me. "

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

" How many thick black women are there singing whatever I'm singing, surrounded by rappers, but also from the suburbs? I can't really judge someone else for judging me! "

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

" I don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy... thing. And I'm very drawn to female energy, but I don't really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it. "

" Sugar makes me feel crazy - like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don't really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something - something that I'm missing. "

" I live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I'm in it. "

" I was unpopular my whole life. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's interesting to all of a sudden be considered valuable. "

" 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 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! "