Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Jorja Smith
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Jorja Smith.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
I was born in June, so I like summer, and my favourite part of a sunny day is when the sun sets.
I want to be worldwide, international, in everyone's ears, and everyone listening to what I'm saying, because I think I say some good stuff.
The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people.
I love anything about love.
Because I'm on a tour bus, it's so hard to wash your face - we have to use, um, water bottles. But you know what? It's not about looking cute - it's about staying hydrated.
I didn't look like Rihanna. I was a bit chubby. I had puppy fat. I had a moustache. I didn't want to have lips; I didn't want a bum. I grew out of it, but I feel like everyone went through that phase of wanting to be skinny.
I've got so many melodies in my head.
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.'
I remember watching somebody called Esmee Denters doing covers that were really popular and wishing that was me. But I'm glad it wasn't. Things have worked out OK.
Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that.
When I found 'New Chain' by Col3trane, honestly, I couldn't stop playing it. It's a good road trip song because the beat just drives on.
I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed.
With make-up, I much prefer my natural face. I'm confident with myself like that, but when I wear make-up, I like to look like myself. I love dewy skin, a matte lip, and a bad highlight!
I need to get a tiny bit more 'woke.'
If you want to hear good music, good music will always be found.
There's always been music in my house growing up. In the kitchen, there's a speaker, and we'd always have my mum's iPod in it - she never makes food without listening to music. And I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' with my dad.
Paris is such a beautiful city.
Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him anything I'd worked on.
I express my thoughts through my music.
I don't like to write about myself. I like listening to people.
Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases.
I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice.
I overthink everything, and one thing I find difficult is to actually be in the moment.
The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.'
I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes.
Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last.
I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.
Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still.
Before I put 'Blue Lights' out, I deleted my Instagram and everything and started again.
I wanted to be pale. I didn't wanna go in the sun, because I was in school with a lot of white girls. I remember one girl said to me, 'You look better pale.' And I was like, 'Well, you're tan!' She was like, 'It's not the same.'
My dad will always criticize me. He doesn't care if it hurts my feelings. If I start acting a certain way, he would be like, 'Who do you think you are?' So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' but I don't think it. I'm really hard on myself.
Drake brought me out at the O2 in London and Barclays Center, and I'm on 'More Life.'
I used to like loads of boys and get rejected all the time.
I've got far to go. There's always more to be done.
I write all of my music.
I'm not gonna just disappear after one album.
I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun.
A road trip in Cuba is probably top of my list.
Wear what you feel comfortable in and what suits your mood.
I just like wearing whatever makes me feel comfortable and confident. I wear what fits my mood.
I'm not good at talking, but I can write a good song and tell a story.
I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound.
My voice makes the genre because I sound like me on all my songs - I've made my own genre: Jorja Smith.
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.
I get loads of messages from people telling me they've been helped through some bad relationship when they've listened to my song. That's what I want to do.
Maybe I am a bit of a siren.
I just make my music. It's not too complicated.
There's this issue where I'm really doing well and got hate 'cause I'm too light-skinned. I understand why people say that - throughout history, the lighter you are, that's how it's been. But it's not my fault. My mom and dad had me! I look how I look.
When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems.
For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music.
I used to go to London by myself when I was 16. I think I got it from my mom. My mom was the type to just always just go off somewhere, wherever. She's a goer.
Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear.
It's very special that I can go through things - and write them down and record them - and so many people can relate. Not everybody can get out who they are and really feel better after they write.
I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake.
When I put my first song out, I didn't put out any pictures. I just wanted people to hear my music.
Michael Jackson was a Gemini. Kanye, Lauryn Hill, a lot of people that are amazing artists are Geminis.
I make music because it helps me. I feel better after I've written a song. I listen to my own songs, and they make me feel and think about stuff I'd done or someone said to me, and I feel a bit better.
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.
I want to be someone for young girls to look up to, for fathers to want their daughters to listen to me because I'm not rude, and I'm actually talking some sense.
My favourite number is 11.
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