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" Sugar makes me feel crazy - like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don't really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something - something that I'm missing. "

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" 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. "

SZA

Want

Doing The Right Thing

Think

" 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 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 love Obama, and I just want to reiterate it again to everyone from every hilltop and every mountain: I love him! "

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

" 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. "

" Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you. "

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

" I was a funky kid. "

SZA

Kid

Funky

" It's interesting to all of a sudden be considered valuable. "

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

" I love classical jazz. "

" 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.' "

SZA

World

School

" 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. "

" My parents wanted me to go to school. "

SZA

School

Wanted

" I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better. "

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

SZA

Imagination

Live

" Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me. "

SZA

Interactions

Very

" 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 love cuffing season. It's a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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'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 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. "

" My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way. "

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

" How many thick black women are there singing whatever I'm singing, surrounded by rappers, but also from the suburbs? I can't really judge someone else for judging me! "

" Oh, Instagram stresses me out on a very deep level! "

SZA

Instagram

Out