Kali Uchis Quotes
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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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When I was little, I went through a lot of phases, like any girl.
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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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As an artist, you have to work hard for things that you can't really hold in your hand. I work not for money but for my career, to expand myself as an artist. Every video I make, it's not making me any money; it's just because I want to expand.
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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 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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Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul.
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I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.
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I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day.
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I'm a big Gorillaz fan.
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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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The people, the culture... there's so much magic in Colombia, so I feel like being a kid, being able to have that, being able to also call Colombia my home, it was such an important part of my introduction as an artist, too, because it's such a big part of my life as a human being.
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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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N.E.R.D. was also from - not too far from where I was from growing up. For a lot of people who make music, that was a huge influence in teen years.
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I really try to balance my feminine and masculine energy when I write.
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Sometimes I leave mayonnaise on the ends of my hair for a few hours while I'm writing; it's a really good moisturizer.
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I just like stuff that's raw, itself, real and genuine. I think that's the way art should be. That's the kind of stuff that people can connect to more.
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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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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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I never had a backup plan. I felt like if I had a backup plan, it was like saying to the universe that I didn't believe in myself.
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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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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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That's the best kind of music: the stuff that happens based off intuition.
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A lot of people don't give Virginia credit. Pharrell, Missy Elliott - a lot of people come from here.