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" I'm aware that as much as people like hearing and listening to my music, it's also very therapeutic for me to be able to express myself some way - how I'm feeling, how I'm thinking, and just saying what's in my heart and on my mind. I need to do that to maintain my sanity. "

Little Simz

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Heart

People

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" I was always just an ambitious kid from early. I always knew that I had a purpose and I was destined for something big, great. "

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

" Music is like therapy, you know? It's my escape. It's my way for me to express my feelings and my thoughts. "

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

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" I'll leave my house if I need to. Otherwise I'm super comfortable in my own space, in my own company. "

" 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. "

" 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 have a good family. I have good friends. I have people that actually care about my wellbeing as opposed to just work and just need me for work or whatever. Like, people that genuinely look out for me and my health, knowing how much work I put in. "

" I change my mind quite a lot about things, which isn't always a good thing. "

" 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. "

" I don't dress to impress; I've never been that person. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual. "

" 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 a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that. "

" I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know. "

" 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. "

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

" The whole point of an album is to understand the artist and enjoy the music - it's supposed to make you want to go to a concert to see them in the flesh and get the album on vinyl and be a part of everything. That's what I'm about. "