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" I write what I want to write. "
Jorja Smith
Write
I Write
Want
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" That's what records are for: not to be skipped. "
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" There's this issue where I'm really doing well and got hate 'cause I'm too light-skinned. I understand why people say that - throughout history, the lighter you are, that's how it's been. But it's not my fault. My mom and dad had me! I look how I look. "
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People
Hate
History
" I've got so many melodies in my head. "
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Got
Melodies
Many
" Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that. "
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Around
Getting
" The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.' "
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Life Is A
Song
Worth
" 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. "
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Up
Brother
" Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases. "
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Simple
Try
Feel
" My favourite number is 11. "
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Number
Favourite
" 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. "
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Love
Falling In Love
Music
" My songs are classics. "
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Songs
Classics
" Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear. "
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Through
Most
More
" If you want to hear good music, good music will always be found. "
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Good
You
Will
" I write all of my music. "
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Music
I Write
Write
" Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you. "
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Independence
Best
Happy
" Maybe I am a bit of a siren. "
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Bit
Maybe
Am
" Before I put 'Blue Lights' out, I deleted my Instagram and everything and started again. "
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Again
Blue
Lights
" I don't like to write about myself. I like listening to people. "
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Like
Write
People
" Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still. "
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Still
Chill
Sit
" I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs. "
Jorja Smith
Started
First
Singing
" I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed. "
Jorja Smith
Disappointed
Setting Goals
Goals
" I didn't look like Rihanna. I was a bit chubby. I had puppy fat. I had a moustache. I didn't want to have lips; I didn't want a bum. I grew out of it, but I feel like everyone went through that phase of wanting to be skinny. "
Jorja Smith
Lips
Fat
Puppy
" I wanted to be pale. I didn't wanna go in the sun, because I was in school with a lot of white girls. I remember one girl said to me, 'You look better pale.' And I was like, 'Well, you're tan!' She was like, 'It's not the same.' "
Jorja Smith
Sun
School
Me
" I want to be someone for young girls to look up to, for fathers to want their daughters to listen to me because I'm not rude, and I'm actually talking some sense. "
Jorja Smith
Me
Want
Talking
" I'd like young girls to be able to listen to my music and take something positive away from it. "
Jorja Smith
Like
Young
Positive
" I'm honest. "
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Honest
" I express my thoughts through my music. "
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Thoughts
Through
Express
" I love anything about love. "
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I Love
Anything
About
" 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. "
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Care
Amazing
Me
" A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune. "
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Tune
Write
Theme