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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. "

Jorja Smith

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Jorja Smith

Young

Positive

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" So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' rather, but I don't think it. You know, so, I don't go around thinking this. I'm really hard on myself. I think that's quite good. "

Jorja Smith

Good

People

" I was a bit late on Erykah Badu, but I don't think you can really be late on music. You discover it whenever; music is timeless. "

" 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. "

Jorja Smith

Care

Amazing

" I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong. "

" I listen to all types of music. "

" There's always so much energy from me and my band. Lots of fun and twists in each song. "

Jorja Smith

Fun

Energy

" 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. "

" I get so many people coming up to me being like, Aahhh! And I'm like, what the hell? I'm just me! "

Jorja Smith

" I get loads of messages from people telling me they've been helped through some bad relationship when they've listened to my song. That's what I want to do. "

Jorja Smith

People

Relationship

" Because I'm on a tour bus, it's so hard to wash your face - we have to use, um, water bottles. But you know what? It's not about looking cute - it's about staying hydrated. "

" I express my thoughts through my music. "

" A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune. "

" I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound. "

" My voice makes the genre because I sound like me on all my songs - I've made my own genre: Jorja Smith. "

Jorja Smith

Sound

Voice

" 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

Want

Talking

" Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that. "

" Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still. "