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

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" I don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy... thing. And I'm very drawn to female energy, but I don't really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it. "

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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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" 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 feel like every outfit I have ever planned ahead is trash. "

" 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. "

" I love Modest Mouse. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 unpopular my whole life. "

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" I don't feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I've had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike. "

" I don't listen to my own music, so to me, it's awesome that people really like it. I was afraid that it wouldn't connect with everyone. I'm more appreciative than anything. "

" I used to be offended when people would compare me to Erykah Badu. Because I'm black, thick, and have large lips? There's nothing similar about us whatsoever, and I felt very disrespected by the fact that people needed to pigeonhole me. I wasn't even raised on Erykah Badu! "

" 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. "

" Don't get discouraged with your skin when it doesn't do what you want it to do... Give it some time. That's the only way to get to know yourself. "

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

" 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. "

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" I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid. "