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" Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that. "
Jorja Smith
Hits
Around
Getting
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" Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still. "
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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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Value
Powerful
People
" For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music. "
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I Can
Me
Many
" I've listened to 'Frank' so many times. She was so honest and herself. I think one of the hardest things for an artist to do is tell the truth, but that's what Amy Winehouse did, and it's what I want to do - if you want to write songs that connect with people, I think they really need to believe what you're talking about. "
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You
" 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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Team
Cool
Music
" I didn't look like Rihanna. I was a bit chubby. I had puppy fat. I had a moustache. I didn't want to have lips; I didn't want a bum. I grew out of it, but I feel like everyone went through that phase of wanting to be skinny. "
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Lips
Fat
Puppy
" I've been singing most of my life. There's nothing better I could wish to be doing. "
Jorja Smith
Singing
Better
Life
" 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. "
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Know
Path
Time
" Paris is such a beautiful city. "
Jorja Smith
City
Beautiful City
Beautiful
" I was born in June, so I like summer, and my favourite part of a sunny day is when the sun sets. "
Jorja Smith
Sunny
Summer
Like
" There's always so much energy from me and my band. Lots of fun and twists in each song. "
Jorja Smith
Fun
Me
Energy
" I express my thoughts through my music. "
Jorja Smith
Thoughts
Through
Express
" I need to get a tiny bit more 'woke.' "
Jorja Smith
Get
Woke
Tiny
" I've always loved music since I was 11. I used to play keyboard, and I would write music. So since 11, I've been falling in love with music. "
Jorja Smith
Love
Falling In Love
Music
" Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.' "
Jorja Smith
Just Do It
Parents
Always
" I used to go to London by myself when I was 16. I think I got it from my mom. My mom was the type to just always just go off somewhere, wherever. She's a goer. "
Jorja Smith
Think
Always
London
" I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever. "
Jorja Smith
People
Voice
Sad
" Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him anything I'd worked on. "
Jorja Smith
Cooking
Sound
Play
" 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. "
Jorja Smith
You
Water
Looking
" 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. "
Jorja Smith
Me
Watching
Things
" I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun. "
Jorja Smith
America
Watch
Fun
" Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases. "
Jorja Smith
Simple
Try
Feel
" I wanted to be pale. I didn't wanna go in the sun, because I was in school with a lot of white girls. I remember one girl said to me, 'You look better pale.' And I was like, 'Well, you're tan!' She was like, 'It's not the same.' "
Jorja Smith
Sun
School
Me
" When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems. "
Jorja Smith
Walls
Finish
Never
" Maybe I am a bit of a siren. "
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Bit
Maybe
Am
" A road trip in Cuba is probably top of my list. "
Jorja Smith
Road
List
Cuba
" 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
Me
" 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. "
Jorja Smith
Music
True
Things
" I did classical singing at school. I did exams in that. I'd sing soprano, and we'd sing in German; we'd do Schubert for my pieces, in Latin, French... I really enjoyed that. I kind of miss it. "
Jorja Smith
Exams
Kind
Sing
" I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake. "
Jorja Smith
Song
Just Because
Because