Kali Uchis Quotes
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I grew up being very different and being ready to fight people. I wanted to stand up for myself, and I wanted to not let anyone think they know me based on appearances, so I was always just fighting back with people.
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I'm constantly trying to look at things from a different view and to put myself into some new perspectives to evolve myself, grow myself, and reinvent myself.
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When you're an artist, you're working, literally, for the sole purpose of art, and when people discredit you, it's probably the most disrespectful thing you can do.
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When I'm making a song, I try not to think about audience or genres. It's free-flowing. Natural.
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Just because someone is your family member doesn't mean they're a good person.
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I was really grateful for the photography classes, the art classes, and the video classes. They would let me skip all my other classes and stay and work on my projects.
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We're all born into whatever citizenship, circumstances, or class we happen to be born into. Immigrants and so many people in the working class work so hard every day for nickels and pennies and scraps to just barely get by and then realize that this precious life has been completely drained out of us.
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The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it's still me in the sense that, my dad called me 'Kali Uchis' my whole life. It's still something I've been called since I was a baby. It's still me.
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I've never been pressed to be friends with everyone or be popular, even in school - I've always done my own thing.
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When I start something, I have to finish it, and I'm a super perfectionist, too.
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As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.
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Spanish is such an important language globally.
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I'm just inspired by life and, growing up, I listened to all types of different sounds, genres, and areas of music.
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My first relationship was from when I was about 15 to 19. My second relationship was kind of like a rebound, but also a really important part of my journey - he was very emotionally manipulative and just wanted me to be an accessory.
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I was a very creative child. I played the saxophone and piano, and I was always writing poetry and stories, or drawing in my notebook. I just tried to express myself through as many creative outlets as possible. And in high school, I started to get really into photography and videography and would spend hours working on it.
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I'm not a Barbie doll, I'm just a multidimensional human being who likes to make things.
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Do you. Wear what you want to wear. Be an individual. Be unique and live your best life.
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California feels like Colombia but with less threats. I don't have to be constantly looking over my shoulder.
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My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him.
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I'm naturally sort of a sad person, and that comes out in my music, but when I realized how many people were listening to it... I wanted to be a little more conscious about what I was putting out and what people were going to be taking from it.
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I'm Colombian. My family all have different complexions; some are people of color. I've been called every name by white people, been mocked for speaking in Spanish by white people.
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On my off day, I really want to just lay in bed.
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I've always experimented with my look. Growing up, I thought it was so weird that people dressed alike and all bought the same things.
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I feel like fashion is about being innovative and being able to turn something into something else, making it cool, and making it your own.