Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.'

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I like live-sounding things.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

When I'm writing, I'll just say random stuff that doesn't make sense, and then a certain word that I keep saying will stick out, and I'll write from there.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I come from quite a creative family; everyone's just doing their own thing!

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

My songs are classics.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I say what I'm feeling, and a lot of people feel the same way.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

When I am writing music, I sometimes envision a video playing alongside.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I hate re-recording. I like singing, but I don't like recording a song over and over, making it too perfect.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

We are all beautiful in our own individual and special ways.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

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.

Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith

I'm honest.