Quotes from Snoh Aalegra

Emotionally, I've always worn my heart on my sleeve.

It's not very easy to impress No I.D., you really have to work hard.

No I.D. is actually married to my cousin, and my cousin is my manager. So I met him when she met him many years ago. I was in the studio and he hooked me up with a bunch of producers that he knew.

I actually got signed when I was 14 with Sony Sweden. Things didn't really work out with that, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to be exposed to the industry at a young age.

I've always been in my own world, even as a young girl. But I fell in love with music because it made me feel something that I can't explain.

This lipstick by MAC called 'Kinda Sexy' has been a favorite for years now and is one of my essential beauty products.

I feel like nowadays it's almost become a corny thing to say that you want to be a role model or do something good for the world, but the artists I've looked up to - like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Prince - were about something.

If my music can be part of the soundtrack to your day, that's such an honour.

I grew up looking up a lot to '90s supermodels like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. I just thought those women were such cool role models because they had a good body ideal, too.

I think being in the world of R&B creates a sense of home, and I think it's important to have that sense of home and spirituality within your music.

In my music, I bare it all; it's really naked.

There's racism everywhere in the world; it's not just Sweden, it's everywhere, but other than that I had a pretty okay upbringing.

Drake is super versatile. He always has a lot of emotional moments on his albums.

Me and John Mayer met via a mutual connect, we were by the studio and he asked If I could play him my music. When he heard 'Under The Influence,' he asked if he could be a part of the track and of course, we made that happen.

I like to tell stories in my writing but I definitely use my own life experiences to tell that story.

I've been obsessed with music since I was a little girl. I knew I wanted to be a singer when I was 9 years old.

I sit a lot with my lyrics - I don't write just to write or put a line in just to have one. Everything has to mean something to me.