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" I remember watching somebody called Esmee Denters doing covers that were really popular and wishing that was me. But I'm glad it wasn't. Things have worked out OK. "

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" With make-up, I much prefer my natural face. I'm confident with myself like that, but when I wear make-up, I like to look like myself. I love dewy skin, a matte lip, and a bad highlight! "

Jorja Smith

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" I've got so many melodies in my head. "

" My dad will always criticize me. He doesn't care if it hurts my feelings. If I start acting a certain way, he would be like, 'Who do you think you are?' So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' but I don't think it. I'm really hard on myself. "

Jorja Smith

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" One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn. "

Jorja Smith

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Brother

" I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through. "

Jorja Smith

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" I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing. "

" I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun. "

" Paris is such a beautiful city. "

" I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes. "

" I come from quite a creative family; everyone's just doing their own thing! "

" Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that. "

" I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake. "

" There's always been music in my house growing up. In the kitchen, there's a speaker, and we'd always have my mum's iPod in it - she never makes food without listening to music. And I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' with my dad. "

" I love SZA. She's great. "

" When I found 'New Chain' by Col3trane, honestly, I couldn't stop playing it. It's a good road trip song because the beat just drives on. "

" I write all of my music. "

" A lot of stuff doesn't faze me. I think it's because I was brought up in a small town, and normally, when you're from a small town, when you see a famous person, you'd be like, 'Oh my god. This never happens,' but I've always kind of been like nonchalant. "

" I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice. "

" We are all beautiful in our own individual and special ways. "

" The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.' "

" I just like wearing whatever makes me feel comfortable and confident. I wear what fits my mood. "

" Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases. "

" I'm not good at talking, but I can write a good song and tell a story. "

" When I am writing music, I sometimes envision a video playing alongside. "

" I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong. "

" Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last. "

" I'd like to be a role model. "

Jorja Smith

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Role

" Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear. "

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" I like being someone else. 'A Prince' is not about me, but I can pretend for the three minutes of the track. It's great being able to do that, 'cos I enjoy telling stories. "

" I've always loved music since I was 11. I used to play keyboard, and I would write music. So since 11, I've been falling in love with music. "