Quotes from Little Simz

I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself.

Just because I'm British and I represent London to the core, that doesn't necessarily mean I have to stay there.

I like it when people have good flow, but I also like it when people actually say stuff. Because sometimes that's a very good distraction, like, to have impeccable flow, but you're saying a lot without saying anything.

I did a show in Germany, and some kid - he was disabled - he was actually in a wheelchair, and he came out to my show, and he couldn't get across to me what he was trying to say, and you could see that he was frustrated because he couldn't fully express himself, and I just felt like, 'Wow, he's just really passionate about me.'

My sisters and my mum taught me how to be a woman: the way they carry themselves, the way they talk to people, the way they know how to put their foot down. They're not having any nonsense from no one. I can see traces of that in me.

I just always want to be as transparent as possible.

Singles are for people that want to chart - I'm measuring my success by how well I connect with people.

The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad.

I've always been the kid who's known what they wanted to do.

I'm the youngest of four. I have two older sisters and an older brother and was raised by a single mother. Basically, my household was just full of life. Everything was lit all the time.

I enjoy albums, not a song here and there. The recordings I like have been a soundtrack to a universe.

I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual.

I chose to continue independent because, at the time I was being offered deals, it wasn't fitting into what I'd imagined. I decided to take a gamble on myself and see what happens.

I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that.

My mom raised me to be a strong person.

I struggled with working with producers because no one openly wanted to give me a chance to rap on their beats. That's just honest talk. No one really wanted to take that risk.

I've always loved the English language. I just like words, you know?

I believe in equality: guys have rights, women have rights. It should be the same with race, or class, or whatever. I just like balance.

The whole point of an album is to understand the artist and enjoy the music - it's supposed to make you want to go to a concert to see them in the flesh and get the album on vinyl and be a part of everything. That's what I'm about.

I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know.