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

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" I left Starbucks in 2015. When I was younger, I remember looking at Justin Bieber and wishing I had all these fans, but you know what? Everyone has their path, everyone's path is different, and this is where mine's going. I just didn't want to work at Starbucks. I wanted to be writing music all the time. "

" I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing. "

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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. "

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" I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through. "

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" 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. "