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" I'm not with a label, so I haven't ever felt pressure to be a certain way. I've got a cool team who just love music. "
Jorja Smith
Team
Cool
Music
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" I'm not gonna just disappear after one album. "
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" I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through. "
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" If you want to hear good music, good music will always be found. "
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" The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people. "
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" I come from quite a creative family; everyone's just doing their own thing! "
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" Maybe I am a bit of a siren. "
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" I don't like to write about myself. I like listening to people. "
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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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" Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.' "
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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 honest. "
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" I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake. "
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" Wear what you feel comfortable in and what suits your mood. "
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" The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.' "
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Song
Worth
" When I first moved to London, I used to pretend to be on the phone. I used to talk about stuff that was going on out loud. To my phone! I don't do that anymore! "
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Used
London
" 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. "
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Think
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" I used to like loads of boys and get rejected all the time. "
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Time
Like
" I've been singing most of my life. There's nothing better I could wish to be doing. "
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Singing
Better
Life
" 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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" Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that. "
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Around
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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
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" I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound. "
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I Can
Sound
" There's always so much energy from me and my band. Lots of fun and twists in each song. "
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Me
Energy
" Drake brought me out at the O2 in London and Barclays Center, and I'm on 'More Life.' "
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" I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice. "
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" It's very special that I can go through things - and write them down and record them - and so many people can relate. Not everybody can get out who they are and really feel better after they write. "
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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. "
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" We are all beautiful in our own individual and special ways. "
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Our
" 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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