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

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" When I just decided to be myself, that's when you get questions like, 'How do you feel about feminism?' And I have no idea; this is just when I decide what I'm not tolerating and what I genuinely think and a little bit in between. "

" I don't have any control over what actually happens except for that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I'm there. That's all that matters. "

" I was born in St. Louis, but I'm from Maplewood, New Jersey. Maplewood is completely different than the rest of New Jersey. It's very small. It's quietly affluent but more low-key. Lauryn Hill is from my town, though. "

" I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons. "

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

" I definitely get inspiration from the 'gram. I mean, Instagram is Google, essentially. I love looking at pictures of beautiful women. "

" I love Modest Mouse. "

" 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 was a funky kid. "

" I've fried my hair off. I've shaved my hair off. I've done it all. "

" I worry so much. Like, 'Damn, how can I be excellent?' But it's a journey. "

" I love classical jazz. "

" I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after. "

" I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically. "

" I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I'm grateful for that. "

" Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal. "

" Especially when I'm nervous, my mind is running a mile a minute. My ADHD speaks for me before I can speak for me. "

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

" The album that defined my childhood was probably Ella Fitzgerald's 'Greatest Hits,' whereas my half-sister, who didn't have the same conservative upbringing, was listening to Cash Money and crunk. "

" 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

" You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn. "

" I feel good being a black woman; I've always felt good. "

" My mom is a Pan-Africanist. My dad is still Orthodox Sunni Muslim, but he's super fun. He worked in television for years. He was a Black Panther. "

" When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy. "

" In the real world, I kind of, like, thrived a little bit. The things that were awkward about me at school, like being hyper passionate... I realized, 'Oh I'm my own person, and I have my own idiosyncrasies and nuances that I don't mind.' "

" I wasn't one of those girls who sang at church. "

" When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I've had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own. "

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