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" When I write, I normally write anywhere that I can feel at peace, so if it's in my bedroom, if it's at the park, if it's by a lake somewhere, wherever I feel calm is where I like to write. "

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" Dance was something I'd just done at my youth club, and I used to teach dance when I was 14 to 19, 20 years old. I had my own dance group, and then I got more into the acting stuff, and I started doing things for TV. And then I put that on pause, because I really wanted to focus on my real passion, which is music. "

Little Simz

Dance

Music

Passion

" I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that. "

" I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know. "

" When you feel like a musician you listen to is like you, then they don't feel so far away, and whatever you want to get to isn't so far away. "

Little Simz

Far Away

You

" The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad. "

" I'm just a bit of a dreamer, and I get really in my thoughts. I get so deep with myself at times it's almost very scary. "

" In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just let it all out. "

" I've always been the kid who's known what they wanted to do. "

" Taking on different characters and seeing things through the eyes of different people is interesting to me. When I look at what people are going through in life, I try to understand their story. "

" I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too. "

" I don't dress to impress; I've never been that person. "

" I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual. "

" I've always loved the English language. I just like words, you know? "

" My sisters and my mum taught me how to be a woman: the way they carry themselves, the way they talk to people, the way they know how to put their foot down. They're not having any nonsense from no one. I can see traces of that in me. "

Little Simz

People

Woman

" As cliched as it sounds, music is my only form of expression. So I have to be honest with myself, and with that comes being vulnerable. "

" I believe in equality: guys have rights, women have rights. It should be the same with race, or class, or whatever. I just like balance. "

" Sometimes I look at music as like movies. And so I feel like you can have your comedies, and you can have your dramas, and you can have your romances or whatever. "

Little Simz

Feel

Look

" I haven't knocked all the doors I need to knock down, but I can see it happening more and more. It will just take more perseverance and work. "

" I enjoy albums, not a song here and there. The recordings I like have been a soundtrack to a universe. "

Little Simz

Universe

Song

" Singles are for people that want to chart - I'm measuring my success by how well I connect with people. "

" I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow. "

" I like it when people have good flow, but I also like it when people actually say stuff. Because sometimes that's a very good distraction, like, to have impeccable flow, but you're saying a lot without saying anything. "

" I'm not desperate to sign, like, a record deal. I'm very hungry, but I'm just not desperate for it. "

" Music is like therapy, you know? It's my escape. It's my way for me to express my feelings and my thoughts. "

Little Simz

Thoughts

You

" I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and kind of be a bit more experimental and open myself up a bit, whether that's taking influence from jazz or soul or electronic. "

" I'll leave my house if I need to. Otherwise I'm super comfortable in my own space, in my own company. "

" I've worked really, really hard on my lyricism. "

" I struggled with working with producers because no one openly wanted to give me a chance to rap on their beats. That's just honest talk. No one really wanted to take that risk. "

" I have a good family. I have good friends. I have people that actually care about my wellbeing as opposed to just work and just need me for work or whatever. Like, people that genuinely look out for me and my health, knowing how much work I put in. "

" The whole point of an album is to understand the artist and enjoy the music - it's supposed to make you want to go to a concert to see them in the flesh and get the album on vinyl and be a part of everything. That's what I'm about. "