SZA Quotes

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

It's very nice to be able to be who you are.

I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it is.' I walk into a situation knowing that people are either going to love me or they're not, and that's OK. I'm just going to be me. You can't be everything to everyone.

I'm still very much Kate.

I am who I am.

Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

If I feel something, it's how I feel. I never say, 'I feel this way, so you should feel that way.' Not that there's anything wrong with it, but I just am who I am. But, yeah. I think you would call me a feminist.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.

One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.

I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting. Especially as an actor, you have to know yourself really well in order to do things effectively. And when I dress, I dress for me. I don't dress to make other people think that I'm this way or that way.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

There's something beautiful in being who you are and being comfortable with whatever your voice is.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

I am what I am.

I wasn't afraid to be who I am. I didn't think anything was wrong with it.

People try to tell me like that, 'Oh, you shouldn't be proud,' or, 'You're not this,' or, 'You aren't that,' or whatever the hell. I'm just kinda here to say, like, who is anybody else to tell me who I am or what I've gone through or what I haven't gone through?

I just know who I am and what I like.

Everybody who really knows me knows who I am, who I'm about and what I'm about.

I want to be myself.