Kali Uchis Quotes
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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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I don't really use any face products anymore because they make me break out. I like natural remedies. I usually put honey on my face. Sometimes, I put sugar in it so it's an exfoliant, too. I add raw coconut oil, which is good as a face wash and a moisturizer.
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I love a good old-school reggaeton song.
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I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.
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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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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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When I start something, I have to finish it, and I'm a super perfectionist, too.
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Just because someone is your family member doesn't mean they're a good person.
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My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him.
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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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Do you. Wear what you want to wear. Be an individual. Be unique and live your best life.
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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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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'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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Spanish is such an important language globally.
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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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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'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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My dad's job was to manage apartment complexes, so when people would move out or when people would die or whatever, people left things in their apartments, he would always bring me home people's collection of music that they left behind. I was excited because I didn't really have money to go to the CD store all the time.
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As female artists, we have to be constantly criticized for the way that we look, the way that we dress, on a whole other level that men don't have to face.
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I'm Colombian-American. My father wanted me to have American citizenship, but he wanted to raise me in Colombia.
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My favourite 'stage' of Shakira was the brunette punk rock one, but she'll always have a special place in my heart, whatever she's doing.
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I'm a big Gorillaz fan.