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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I'm not a Barbie doll, I'm just a multidimensional human being who likes to make things.
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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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'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 a big Gorillaz fan.
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A lot of people don't give Virginia credit. Pharrell, Missy Elliott - a lot of people come from here.
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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 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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I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day.
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The constant pressure to be the perfect, ideal female - there's no such thing.
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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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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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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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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 like lowriders and music from the '50s and '60s. A lot of people assumed I was Mexican.