100 Quotes by SZA

I love when things that I'm involved in really matter and when people like me back and don't just think I'm corny.

I love Modest Mouse.

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

I was born in St. Louis, but I'm from Maplewood, New Jersey. Maplewood is completely different than the rest of New Jersey. It's very small. It's quietly affluent but more low-key. Lauryn Hill is from my town, though.

When you're, like, 190 pounds, dark-skinned, and a new artist that no one really cares about, people don't really take the time to make you look beautiful.

I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.

I'm a Scorpio with a Pisces moon. I am very critical of myself. I'm actually way less critical of others than I am of myself. I'm in my own head a lot. It's hard and really discouraging.

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

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