Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

Michael Jackson was a Gemini. Kanye, Lauryn Hill, a lot of people that are amazing artists are Geminis.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I write all of my music.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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
Jorja Smith

Paris is such a beautiful city.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I'd like young girls to be able to listen to my music and take something positive away from it.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I've been singing most of my life. There's nothing better I could wish to be doing.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I just like wearing whatever makes me feel comfortable and confident. I wear what fits my mood.