Quotes by Jorja Smith - Page 2

I want to be worldwide, international, in everyone's ears, and everyone listening to what I'm saying, because I think I say some good stuff.
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Ears
Worldwide
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Sometimes I observe stuff I haven't been through and write about it. I used to walk my dog with these 50-year-olds, and they'd tell me stories I could use.
Jorja Smith /
Observe
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I get loads of messages from people telling me they've been helped through some bad relationship when they've listened to my song. That's what I want to do.
Jorja Smith /
Messages
Listened
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I used to go to London by myself when I was 16. I think I got it from my mom. My mom was the type to just always just go off somewhere, wherever. She's a goer.
Jorja Smith /
Wherever
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When I first moved to London, I used to pretend to be on the phone. I used to talk about stuff that was going on out loud. To my phone! I don't do that anymore!
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London
Loud
Moved
Anymore
Pretend
Phone
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When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems.
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Finish
Walls
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I want to be someone for young girls to look up to, for fathers to want their daughters to listen to me because I'm not rude, and I'm actually talking some sense.
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Rude
Daughters
Fathers
Look Me Young
Young Girls
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I remember watching somebody called Esmee Denters doing covers that were really popular and wishing that was me. But I'm glad it wasn't. Things have worked out OK.
Jorja Smith /
Glad
Me Remember Doing
Covers
Wishing
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I like being someone else. 'A Prince' is not about me, but I can pretend for the three minutes of the track. It's great being able to do that, 'cos I enjoy telling stories.
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Pretend
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Because I'm on a tour bus, it's so hard to wash your face - we have to use, um, water bottles. But you know what? It's not about looking cute - it's about staying hydrated.
Jorja Smith /
Cute
Bottles
Staying
Water Face Your
Tour Bus
Um
Wash
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I met Sade! I performed 'Blue Lights' at one of Drake's shows in London, and I met her backstage. She told me her son is a big fan. That was a moment when I was like, 'Wow.'
Jorja Smith /
Blue
London
Shows
Son
Wow
Backstage
Moment Me Big
Big Fan
Fan
Drake
Her
Lights
Met
Moment
Performed
Sade
She
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So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' rather, but I don't think it. You know, so, I don't go around thinking this. I'm really hard on myself. I think that's quite good.
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So Many People
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With make-up, I much prefer my natural face. I'm confident with myself like that, but when I wear make-up, I like to look like myself. I love dewy skin, a matte lip, and a bad highlight!
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Highlight
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I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong.
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Blame
Sorry
Apologise
Loads
Note
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I did classical singing at school. I did exams in that. I'd sing soprano, and we'd sing in German; we'd do Schubert for my pieces, in Latin, French... I really enjoyed that. I kind of miss it.
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Enjoyed
Latin
Schubert
Singing
German
Miss
Classical
French
Exams
Soprano
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It's very special that I can go through things - and write them down and record them - and so many people can relate. Not everybody can get out who they are and really feel better after they write.
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Better People Feel
So Many People
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I make music because it helps me. I feel better after I've written a song. I listen to my own songs, and they make me feel and think about stuff I'd done or someone said to me, and I feel a bit better.
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Music Me Song
Helps
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Did Amy Winehouse have a hit single from 'Frank?' I love 'Frank,' but people didn't really pay attention to her until 'Back to Black.' So no, I haven't had a hit single. I personally am not bothered about that.
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Amy
Bothered
Frank
Pay Attention
Love People Black
Love Black People
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I didn't look like Rihanna. I was a bit chubby. I had puppy fat. I had a moustache. I didn't want to have lips; I didn't want a bum. I grew out of it, but I feel like everyone went through that phase of wanting to be skinny.
Jorja Smith /
Grew
Lips
Moustache
Puppy
Skinny
Want
Feel
Had
Rihanna
Fat
Everyone
Bit
Out
Bum
Through
Chubby
Look
Phase
Wanting
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There's always been music in my house growing up. In the kitchen, there's a speaker, and we'd always have my mum's iPod in it - she never makes food without listening to music. And I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' with my dad.
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Pops
Ipod
Speaker
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I wanted to be pale. I didn't wanna go in the sun, because I was in school with a lot of white girls. I remember one girl said to me, 'You look better pale.' And I was like, 'Well, you're tan!' She was like, 'It's not the same.'
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Pale
Tan
Wanna
Look Me Remember
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One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn.
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Christmas
Nativity
Pretend
Inn
Onstage
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My dad will always criticize me. He doesn't care if it hurts my feelings. If I start acting a certain way, he would be like, 'Who do you think you are?' So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' but I don't think it. I'm really hard on myself.
Jorja Smith /
Criticize
Certain Way
Hurts
So Many People
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There's this issue where I'm really doing well and got hate 'cause I'm too light-skinned. I understand why people say that - throughout history, the lighter you are, that's how it's been. But it's not my fault. My mom and dad had me! I look how I look.
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Mom And Dad
Lighter
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A lot of stuff doesn't faze me. I think it's because I was brought up in a small town, and normally, when you're from a small town, when you see a famous person, you'd be like, 'Oh my god. This never happens,' but I've always kind of been like nonchalant.
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Small Town
Famous Person
Normally
Oh My God
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I left Starbucks in 2015. When I was younger, I remember looking at Justin Bieber and wishing I had all these fans, but you know what? Everyone has their path, everyone's path is different, and this is where mine's going. I just didn't want to work at Starbucks. I wanted to be writing music all the time.
Jorja Smith /
Justin
Starbucks
Work Time Music
Justin Bieber
Wishing
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I've listened to 'Frank' so many times. She was so honest and herself. I think one of the hardest things for an artist to do is tell the truth, but that's what Amy Winehouse did, and it's what I want to do - if you want to write songs that connect with people, I think they really need to believe what you're talking about.
Jorja Smith /
Amy
Frank
Truth Believe People
Herself
Listened
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