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" I've always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn't let me. "

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" I do a lot of strange things. "

" I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid. "

" I was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to. "

" I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way. "

" Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it. "

" I live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I'm in it. "

" I make bad decisions frequently. They're fun. "

" I always wanted to be a Klingon princess. They were so pretty, and their hair was fire. My hair is Klingon, I feel like. "

" It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you're too young to trust yourself. "

" I don't listen to my music if I'm not making it. "

" Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative - it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you're the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop. "

" How many thick black women are there singing whatever I'm singing, surrounded by rappers, but also from the suburbs? I can't really judge someone else for judging me! "

" I don't feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I've had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike. "

" When you're, like, 190 pounds, dark-skinned, and a new artist that no one really cares about, people don't really take the time to make you look beautiful. "

" I think we all do: I think we wonder if we're supposed to be here, if we're doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time. "

Doing The Right Thing

" In one way, I want to heal people. "

" As long as you're being honest and there's intention in what you're doing, then I think that energy permeates your field and becomes like a homing signal for other people with like energies. "

" I love when things that I'm involved in really matter and when people like me back and don't just think I'm corny. "

" I used to be offended when people would compare me to Erykah Badu. Because I'm black, thick, and have large lips? There's nothing similar about us whatsoever, and I felt very disrespected by the fact that people needed to pigeonhole me. I wasn't even raised on Erykah Badu! "

" Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you. "

" I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports. "

" I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative. "

" My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what. "

" We're changing little girls' lives across the world, and we didn't even know what we were doing when we started. "

" I love food, so having a lot of food allergies now and just having a really sensitive body, it forces me to be very mindful and conscious and eat when I'm hungry, not just when I'm bored, and just really slow down. Everything in moderation. "

" My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way. "

" I got a lot of crap for being named SZA but not being affiliated with Wu-Tang, and being a girl. "

" People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music. "

" I love the comparison with Aaliyah and Timbaland, because Aaliyah is a legend, and there is a large cinematic feel to Timbaland's sound, but what I do is different. "

" I love classical jazz. "