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My songs are classics.
I like a new challenge.
My favourite number is 11.
Maybe I am a bit of a siren.
I'd like to be a role model.
Paris is such a beautiful city.
I've got so many melodies in my head.
I need to get a tiny bit more 'woke.'
I'm not gonna just disappear after one album.
A road trip in Cuba is probably top of my list.
A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune.
I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake.
Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still.
Wear what you feel comfortable in and what suits your mood.
I used to like loads of boys and get rejected all the time.
I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed.
If you want to hear good music, good music will always be found.
I'm not good at talking, but I can write a good song and tell a story.
I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever.
When I am writing music, I sometimes envision a video playing alongside.
Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last.
Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear.
I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun.
Drake brought me out at the O2 in London and Barclays Center, and I'm on 'More Life.'
With a label, pressure is added. Being independent, you don't feel a lot of pressure.
The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.'
There's always so much energy from me and my band. Lots of fun and twists in each song.
Before I put 'Blue Lights' out, I deleted my Instagram and everything and started again.
I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.
I just like wearing whatever makes me feel comfortable and confident. I wear what fits my mood.
I'd like young girls to be able to listen to my music and take something positive away from it.
The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people.
I was born in June, so I like summer, and my favourite part of a sunny day is when the sun sets.
I get so many people coming up to me being like, Aahhh! And I'm like, what the hell? I'm just me!
For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music.
Michael Jackson was a Gemini. Kanye, Lauryn Hill, a lot of people that are amazing artists are Geminis.
My voice makes the genre because I sound like me on all my songs - I've made my own genre: Jorja Smith.
I hate re-recording. I like singing, but I don't like recording a song over and over, making it too perfect.
Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases.
Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that.
Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.'
I'm not with a label, so I haven't ever felt pressure to be a certain way. I've got a cool team who just love music.
I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes.
Music is an outlet, so I'm not going to get things out that aren't true. Sometimes I do exaggerate - but only a little bit.
I was a bit late on Erykah Badu, but I don't think you can really be late on music. You discover it whenever; music is timeless.
When I'm writing, I like to have a tiny bit of fact and then exaggerate it and turn it into something more people could relate to.
Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him anything I'd worked on.
Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you.
When I found 'New Chain' by Col3trane, honestly, I couldn't stop playing it. It's a good road trip song because the beat just drives on.
I've always loved music since I was 11. I used to play keyboard, and I would write music. So since 11, I've been falling in love with music.