"I used to be offended when people..." - Quote by Sza
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!
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“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 don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.”
“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.”
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“Why dispute what we shall be, when we know not even what we are.”
“I don't understand how they can call me anti-Latino, when I've made four movies in Mexico.”
“Do you remember writing in your diary," he said, "that it did not matter whether I was a friend or an enemy, since I was at least a person who understood you and could be talked to? You were right. I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.”
More on Comparison
“Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't.”
“You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities.”
“Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.”