Kali Uchis Quotes
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I was one of those people at one point who was scared to put my foot down and show where the boundaries were. For me, it's really important to stand your ground and know exactly what you are, where you wanna be, and what you're doing, or else people are gonna try you.
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I am very much an artist. I like painting and collaging.
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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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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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When I was 18 or 19, I realized that everything I was doing was connected to music - writing, doing videos, making my clothes. It all centered around being an artist. So I released a mixtape that I made in my bedroom, and it ended up getting a lot more attention than I expected.
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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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A lot of people don't give Virginia credit. Pharrell, Missy Elliott - a lot of people come from here.
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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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The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out.
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I can only be inspired if I'm working with people that I really respect.
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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 don't operate on fear, and I don't let fear control me.
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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 was kicked out of the house, and I was really difficult as a kid. I'm happy it happened because I was able to grow so much from it, you know? It's always hurtful to feel that you can't be on the same page with people that you love as much as your family. Sometimes they don't know how to deal with all the things that are coming at them.
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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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The constant pressure to be the perfect, ideal female - there's no such thing.
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I made music just for myself.
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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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I've done my own videos, I do my own styling, so I feel like I've just always been a visual artist... I was one of those kids who wanted to make my own clothes and take pictures of everything. Everything inspired me, and everything felt like art around me.
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I used to love to look at cover art for vinyls.
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Being able to incorporate my language into songs is really cool. It's really cool to see that people are susceptible to it. It helps with writing a lot to turn off one language and then go to another.
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It was really important for me to understand that I needed to provide for myself, and I needed to become a provider for my own family, too.
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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.