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" If you want to hear good music, good music will always be found. "
Jorja Smith
Good
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" I've got so many melodies in my head. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed. "
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" 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. "
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" I like a new challenge. "
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" 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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" I make music because it helps me. I feel better after I've written a song. I listen to my own songs, and they make me feel and think about stuff I'd done or someone said to me, and I feel a bit better. "
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" I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake. "
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" I don't like to write about myself. I like listening to people. "
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" Drake brought me out at the O2 in London and Barclays Center, and I'm on 'More Life.' "
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" I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing. "
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" There's always so much energy from me and my band. Lots of fun and twists in each song. "
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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! "
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" I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through. "
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" 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.' "
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" For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music. "
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" Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases. "
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" Music is an outlet, so I'm not going to get things out that aren't true. Sometimes I do exaggerate - but only a little bit. "
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" When I put my first song out, I didn't put out any pictures. I just wanted people to hear my music. "
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" I used to go to London by myself when I was 16. I think I got it from my mom. My mom was the type to just always just go off somewhere, wherever. She's a goer. "
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" 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. "
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" Paris is such a beautiful city. "
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" Sometimes I observe stuff I haven't been through and write about it. I used to walk my dog with these 50-year-olds, and they'd tell me stories I could use. "
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" I've listened to 'Frank' so many times. She was so honest and herself. I think one of the hardest things for an artist to do is tell the truth, but that's what Amy Winehouse did, and it's what I want to do - if you want to write songs that connect with people, I think they really need to believe what you're talking about. "
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