SZA Quotes

“It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you're too young to trust yourself.”

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

“I don't have any control over what actually happens except for that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I'm there. That's all that matters.”

“Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I'm grateful for that.”

“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 worry so much. Like, "How can I be excellent?" But it's a journey.”

“I'm 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.”

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

“Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it.”

“I think music is honest and will make you do honest things.”

“My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.”

“In one way, I want to heal people.”

“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.”

“People grapple with labelling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music.”

“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 used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way.”

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

“I love empowering women. If you ever try to belittle women, you're playing yourself. I ride with whoever rides with me.”

“I feel good being a black woman; I've always felt good.”

“I don't feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I've had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.”

“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.”