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

For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music.

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

When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems.

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.

I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice.

I overthink everything, and one thing I find difficult is to actually be in the moment.

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.

Paris is such a beautiful city.

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'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 just make my music. It's not too complicated.

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.

A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune.

I get so many people coming up to me being like, Aahhh! And I'm like, what the hell? I'm just me!

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 need to get a tiny bit more 'woke.'

I was born in June, so I like summer, and my favourite part of a sunny day is when the sun sets.

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've got so many melodies in my head.

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

My voice makes the genre because I sound like me on all my songs - I've made my own genre: Jorja Smith.

Drake brought me out at the O2 in London and Barclays Center, and I'm on 'More Life.'

Because I'm on a tour bus, it's so hard to wash your face - we have to use, um, water bottles. But you know what? It's not about looking cute - it's about staying hydrated.