Kali Uchis Quotes
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Back in the day, I used to get really upset when people used to say that I didn't really make all my own things - like my art or my videos or whatever. I work really hard on everything, so it used to upset me when people would try to discredit me or say that I wouldn't have what I had without this person or that person.
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On my off day, I really want to just lay in bed.
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No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.
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My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him.
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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.
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When I was little, I went through a lot of phases, like any girl.
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I've always been very insecure and had a lot of self-doubt growing up. That was partially because of how I was raised.
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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 never really wanted to be a singer. I always preferred to be behind the camera.
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I like lowriders and music from the '50s and '60s. A lot of people assumed I was Mexican.
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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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I really try to balance my feminine and masculine energy when I write.
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I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day.
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I think it's boring when everybody wears the same brands or the same styles, and it's like, 'Oh, this is the new trend.'
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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 wasn't into social media at all, but when I decided I was going to put out my own music, I said, 'Okay, I'm just going to post it.' And that's when it started its rounds on the Internet, and people started to take an interest in me.
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Some of my writing is very subconscious, and that's definitely what happened with 'Body Language' - I looped some basic bossa nova sounds and just started singing.
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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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The constant pressure to be the perfect, ideal female - there's no such thing.
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Music is your way to change the frequencies of everything around you and move your own body, move your whole environment.
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Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that.
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There's no particular method or course of action that I take in order to decide who I'm going to work with besides feeling complete and total respect and admiration for that artist.
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You're taught that it's not very likely for you to become successful... that odds are you're going to be a struggling artist for the rest of your life.
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I'm a big Gorillaz fan.