SZA Quotes

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

Making music is fantastic.

I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time.

I'm always writing. And, I mean, I always counsel people when they call me a musician: I really do not have the skills of a musician. I really don't think like a musician, though I love music and I perform and sing.

Music is where I'm still. It's where I'm focused. It's such a joy. I'd like to make it a big part of my life.

We're about music. We're not about politics.

I'm not a trained musician.

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

Singing and playing have always gone hand-in-hand with me. I love 'em both equally.

People don't have fun making music all the time.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

I have always been into music. That's my number one passion.

I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.

I try not to shut any doors before I even get there. I like doing music. I like singing. I love all music. Music kind of goes hand in hand with acting anyway.

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.

I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.

There is still a future with music, because people want music.

Music is pretty much all I do.

My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.

I don't see music as working.

I think everyone should feel like they can make music, they can create music.

I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix Band. My family has been involved in music for years, so it's kind of in my blood. I just wish I could sing!

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.