Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

The last thing I want to do is get too happy.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I was all depressed because my ex cheated on me. It was hard for me to get over that.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

My mom says that she caught me one day in front of the TV watching opera. I was trying to sing back the opera. She saw that I really liked music, and so she put me in piano lessons when I was about three years old.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I'm just happy to know that no part of me thinks that I made it. Everything in me says you need to keep going, keep working.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I'm a child of extremes.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

It's hard to get someone to sit down and listen to an album in its entirety.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

When I'm performing, I have to tell myself, 'Wait a minute. You need to be here right now. You need to hold these memories and remember time is golden.'

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

At every show, I pray with my band. It's a big thing.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

If you consume something that's poisonous, you don't consciously think of vomiting; your body just does it. It's a reflex. When I'm happy, I don't instantly feel the need to get rid of that feeling. But when I'm sad, I think maybe that's what happens.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I think of legacy: I want plaques on the wall. I want a farm for my dad. I want an orphanage, preferably two, named after my mother. I want to positively and tangibly help the lives of millions of people and die a legend.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I feel like my objective in music is to take a hammer and nail and chip away a piece of my heart and give it to someone, so I feel, with merch, it's a tangible parallel of that.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I like being able to just put everything out on the table and letting the cream float.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

Sometimes if I feel the songs are too much, it hurts, but then I open my eyes: people are singing along or crying, and the 7-year-old in me is like, 'Yeahhh.'

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

Before I pass, I want to start an orphanage and name it after my mother. She worked with kids all her life.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I love my smart, supportive, if-I-see-something-I'm-going-to-speak-up type of men.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

Me personally, I have a small circle. Part of that is because sometimes, you meet people, and you can feel the synthetic energy.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

The luxury of not getting judged for 'loving' who you want to love should be given to everyone - including women.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I have really dope parents.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

Fear is a real thing.

Jessie Reyez
Jessie Reyez

I'm very meticulous.