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" Reading makes me so sleepy. Honestly, I'm a visual learner. "

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" It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about. "

" Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me. "

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

" There's something different about growing up black and Muslim, especially in New Jersey. It's like when I left the mosque and I left my dad, I felt unprotected, but I also felt a weird sense of pride, like I was involved in this other way of living that was cool to me. "

" On Halloween, because we don't celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture. "

" I definitely want to get into environmental science and environmental politics, learning a lot more and preserving what's left of the world. That's such a sacred circle to be in. I'd love to contribute to that. "

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

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

" I don't want to speak negativity into existence. "

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

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

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

" Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice. "

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

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

" 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 Modest Mouse. "

" I love empowering women. I think it's crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you're playing yourself - I ride with whoever rides with me. "

" I was a funky kid. "

" 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 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 don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety. "

" I love folk. I love rap. "

" I'm a Scorpio with a Pisces moon. I am very critical of myself. I'm actually way less critical of others than I am of myself. I'm in my own head a lot. It's hard and really discouraging. "

" When I think of Afropunk, I think of the best of the best. I think of, like, D'Angelo. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "