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" That's what records are for: not to be skipped. "
Jorja Smith
Records
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" I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever. "
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" I hate re-recording. I like singing, but I don't like recording a song over and over, making it too perfect. "
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Over
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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. "
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" I'm not good at talking, but I can write a good song and tell a story. "
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Talking
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" One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn. "
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Performance
Up
Brother
" I met Sade! I performed 'Blue Lights' at one of Drake's shows in London, and I met her backstage. She told me her son is a big fan. That was a moment when I was like, 'Wow.' "
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Lights
Moment
She
" 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. "
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Music
True
Things
" I like live-sounding things. "
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Things
Like
" I don't like to write about myself. I like listening to people. "
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Like
Write
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
" A road trip in Cuba is probably top of my list. "
Jorja Smith
Road
List
Cuba
" I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs. "
Jorja Smith
Started
First
Singing
" I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake. "
Jorja Smith
Song
Just Because
Because
" I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice. "
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Good
Believe
Voice
" When I put my first song out, I didn't put out any pictures. I just wanted people to hear my music. "
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Music
Song
People
" A lot of stuff doesn't faze me. I think it's because I was brought up in a small town, and normally, when you're from a small town, when you see a famous person, you'd be like, 'Oh my god. This never happens,' but I've always kind of been like nonchalant. "
Jorja Smith
You
Think
Famous
" 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've been singing most of my life. There's nothing better I could wish to be doing. "
Jorja Smith
Singing
Better
Life
" I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed. "
Jorja Smith
Disappointed
Setting Goals
Goals
" Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you. "
Jorja Smith
Independence
Best
Happy
" Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last. "
Jorja Smith
Music
You
Will
" I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun. "
Jorja Smith
America
Watch
Fun
" 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. "
Jorja Smith
Time
Sorry
Song
" When I'm writing, I'll just say random stuff that doesn't make sense, and then a certain word that I keep saying will stick out, and I'll write from there. "
Jorja Smith
Keep
Writing
Will
" Wear what you feel comfortable in and what suits your mood. "
Jorja Smith
Suits
Mood
Feel
" We are all beautiful in our own individual and special ways. "
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Beautiful
Individual
Our
" I write what I want to write. "
Jorja Smith
Write
I Write
Want
" I say what I'm feeling, and a lot of people feel the same way. "
Jorja Smith
Say
Feel
Feeling
" There's always so much energy from me and my band. Lots of fun and twists in each song. "
Jorja Smith
Fun
Me
Energy
" 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