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" I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and kind of be a bit more experimental and open myself up a bit, whether that's taking influence from jazz or soul or electronic. "

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" In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just let it all out. "

Little Simz

Attention

Back

Life

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

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

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

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

" When I write, I normally write anywhere that I can feel at peace, so if it's in my bedroom, if it's at the park, if it's by a lake somewhere, wherever I feel calm is where I like to write. "

" I could probably say one thing that I'm excited about is I definitely wanna be an entrepreneur and be a humanitarian and that stuff. "

" Just because I'm British and I represent London to the core, that doesn't necessarily mean I have to stay there. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself. "

" I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that. "

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

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

Little Simz

Universe

Song

" Taking on different characters and seeing things through the eyes of different people is interesting to me. When I look at what people are going through in life, I try to understand their story. "

" 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 experienced racism and run-ins with the law, and it's a real thing, and it happens where I grew up. It's something that not a lot of people want to talk about. I feel like I have a duty, and I wouldn't be honest or true to myself if I didn't speak about it. "

" 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. "

" 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've worked really, really hard on my lyricism. "

" My mom raised me to be a strong person. "

Little Simz

Mom

Strong

" 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. "

" 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

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