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" 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
Me
Thoughts
You
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" 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. "
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Like
Feel
Look
" I did a show in Germany, and some kid - he was disabled - he was actually in a wheelchair, and he came out to my show, and he couldn't get across to me what he was trying to say, and you could see that he was frustrated because he couldn't fully express himself, and I just felt like, 'Wow, he's just really passionate about me.' "
Little Simz
Trying
You
Me
" I don't dress to impress; I've never been that person. "
Little Simz
Never
Person
Impress
" My mom raised me to be a strong person. "
Little Simz
Mom
Me
Strong
" I change my mind quite a lot about things, which isn't always a good thing. "
Little Simz
Always
Change
Good
" 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 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. "
Little Simz
Society
Well
Message
" I enjoy albums, not a song here and there. The recordings I like have been a soundtrack to a universe. "
Little Simz
Universe
Song
Like
" Just because I'm British and I represent London to the core, that doesn't necessarily mean I have to stay there. "
Little Simz
Core
London
Mean
" 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. "
Little Simz
Be Yourself
People
Open
" 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. "
Little Simz
Honest
Talk
Working
" 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. "
Little Simz
Dreamer
Deep
Scary
" I'll leave my house if I need to. Otherwise I'm super comfortable in my own space, in my own company. "
Little Simz
Company
House
Space
" 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. "
Little Simz
Family
Health
Work
" 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
Me
" My sisters and my mum taught me how to be a woman: the way they carry themselves, the way they talk to people, the way they know how to put their foot down. They're not having any nonsense from no one. I can see traces of that in me. "
Little Simz
Me
People
Woman
" I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that. "
Little Simz
Way
Person
People
" I believe in equality: guys have rights, women have rights. It should be the same with race, or class, or whatever. I just like balance. "
Little Simz
Believe
Balance
Race
" 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. "
Little Simz
Calm
Bedroom
Peace
" 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. "
Little Simz
Want
Think
Black
" 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. "
Little Simz
Everything
Life
Brother
" 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. "
Little Simz
Soul
Influence
Jazz
" I like to refer to myself as king sometimes, not as queen. That's a conscious decision, because I feel like women are just equally as powerful. "
Little Simz
Women
Decision
King
" 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. "
Little Simz
Music
Only
Expression
" 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
Like
" I just always want to be as transparent as possible. "
Little Simz
Always
Just
Possible
" 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. "
Little Simz
Person
Stage
Comfortable
" The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad. "
Little Simz
Bad
Trees
First
" 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. "
Little Simz
Purpose
Always
Big
" I've always loved the English language. I just like words, you know? "
Little Simz
Know
Language
Loved