Top 109 Quotes & Sayings by SZA - Page 2

I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.

Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me.

I don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety.

I do a lot of strange things.

I love empowering women. I think it's crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you're playing yourself - I ride with whoever rides with me.

I was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to.

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.

When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.

I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.

Oh, Instagram stresses me out on a very deep level!

I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.

I've always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn't let me.

I definitely want to get into environmental science and environmental politics, learning a lot more and preserving what's left of the world. That's such a sacred circle to be in. I'd love to contribute to that.

I have a really strong gluten allergy, and I'm pretty lactose-intolerant, like, in a big way, but I love cheese.

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.

I use Ecoco EcoStyler gel, but the alcohol-free protein one. That's the key.

I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj's 'Feeling Myself.'

I feel like when you say 'activist,' you have to have so much clarity, and I don't always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I'm trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be.

I just think I have too much anxiety to listen to music. Sometimes it feels like noise, and sometimes it's so affecting that I can't recover from it.

I got a lot of crap for being named SZA but not being affiliated with Wu-Tang, and being a girl.

I always used to be like, 'I don't need to meditate.' And it's not true.

Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.

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 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 was a funky kid.

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

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

I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.

I'm a visual learner, so film is a huge inspiration to me.

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

I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.

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

I wasn't one of those girls who sang at church.

Sugar makes me feel crazy - like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don't really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something - something that I'm missing.

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

Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal.

I always wanted to be a Klingon princess. They were so pretty, and their hair was fire. My hair is Klingon, I feel like.

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

Singing was more of a hobby, and I was terrified of anyone's opinions. The only reason I kept doing it was because people responded positively, and if they hadn't I don't really know if I'd feel the same. I'm not into fighting for people's affections.

I’ve kissed death a thousand times before

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 tell the truth through music. Other people tend to catch on and agree with my truth and it turns out we are all really similar.

I've always wanted an office job so I can tell someone, "I'm going to take a long lunch," or "I'm out of the office." I don't know why, but I've always seen so much stability in clocking in.

I wear boxers all the time. I don't really move like a girl. I mean, unless it's time for me to get dressed or something.

Eternally repeating that cycle of death and rebirth, an existence such as this... truly, mine is what may be called a 'perfect existence'!

If you stepped out of bounds, or you stepped out of your tumbling path and didn't stick it. By the time you're done, you can count your own damn deductibles to know what your score is about to be. But this is completely different, it's so subjective. There are so many variables that don't make sense. You can't quantify someone's emotional connection to what you feel.

When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways.