SZA Quotes

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

“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.'”

“I love the comparison with Aaliyah and Timbaland, because Aaliyah is a legend, and there is a large cinematic feel to Timbaland's sound, but what I do is different.”

“I don't want to speak negativity into existence.”

“I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.”

“I drink a lot of water.”

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

“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.”

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

“My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.”

“I don't listen to my music if I'm not making it.”

“I just make music however I feel and pray that it connects, and if it does, I'm super thankful. I think genres are more for other people, not for yourself.”

“Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me.”

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

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

“I definitely get inspiration from the 'gram. I mean, Instagram is Google, essentially. I love looking at pictures of beautiful women.”

“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 make bad decisions frequently. They're fun.”

“As long as you're being honest and there's intention in what you're doing, then I think that energy permeates your field and becomes like a homing signal for other people with like energies.”

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

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

“I love food, so having a lot of food allergies now and just having a really sensitive body, it forces me to be very mindful and conscious and eat when I'm hungry, not just when I'm bored, and just really slow down. Everything in moderation.”

“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 want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.”