SZA Reveals Important Lessons She Learned at Silent Retreat — and How She Wants to Inspire ‘More Peace’

“Not everything has to be said,” SZA told reporters in the press room at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Feb. 2

SZA‘s learned the importance of shutting out noise.

After attending a week-plus silent retreat with her mom Audrey in India last month, the “Saturn” singer opened up about what she learned from the experience while speaking with reporters in the press room at the 2025 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2.

“Not everything has to be said, and waiting is really important,” said SZA. “A lot of what we create for ourselves as far as drama and chaos, it’s also, thankfully, dependent on our willingness to go beyond that pain and look for anything, desperately, if you’re looking for joy desperately. But if you just chase it tenaciously, I find that it will reveal itself.”