I'm honest.
— Jorja Smith
I hate re-recording. I like singing, but I don't like recording a song over and over, making it too perfect.
When I am writing music, I sometimes envision a video playing alongside.
Good music is timeless, and if you create with that honesty, it will last.
I listen to all types of music.
I come from quite a creative family; everyone's just doing their own thing!
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.
I like live-sounding things.
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.
Sometimes I observe stuff I haven't been through and write about it. I used to walk my dog with these 50-year-olds, and they'd tell me stories I could use.
I've listened to 'Frank' so many times. She was so honest and herself. I think one of the hardest things for an artist to do is tell the truth, but that's what Amy Winehouse did, and it's what I want to do - if you want to write songs that connect with people, I think they really need to believe what you're talking about.
I'd like to be a role model.
I get so many people coming up to me being like, Aahhh! And I'm like, what the hell? I'm just me!
I love SZA. She's great.
The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.'
I write what I want to write.
I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice.
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.
I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs.
I say what I'm feeling, and a lot of people feel the same way.
I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through.
There's always so much energy from me and my band. Lots of fun and twists in each song.
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.
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.
I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes.
Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.'
I'm not with a label, so I haven't ever felt pressure to be a certain way. I've got a cool team who just love music.
I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong.
I'd like young girls to be able to listen to my music and take something positive away from it.
I met Sade! I performed 'Blue Lights' at one of Drake's shows in London, and I met her backstage. She told me her son is a big fan. That was a moment when I was like, 'Wow.'
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.
That's what records are for: not to be skipped.
Did Amy Winehouse have a hit single from 'Frank?' I love 'Frank,' but people didn't really pay attention to her until 'Back to Black.' So no, I haven't had a hit single. I personally am not bothered about that.
I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound.
We are all beautiful in our own individual and special ways.
A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune.
My songs are classics.
Music is an outlet, so I'm not going to get things out that aren't true. Sometimes I do exaggerate - but only a little bit.
I've been singing most of my life. There's nothing better I could wish to be doing.
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.
I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever.
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.
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.
I like a new challenge.
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.
When I first moved to London, I used to pretend to be on the phone. I used to talk about stuff that was going on out loud. To my phone! I don't do that anymore!
Michael Jackson was a Gemini. Kanye, Lauryn Hill, a lot of people that are amazing artists are Geminis.
I've always loved music since I was 11. I used to play keyboard, and I would write music. So since 11, I've been falling in love with music.
With a label, pressure is added. Being independent, you don't feel a lot of pressure.
Maybe I am a bit of a siren.
