Kali Uchis

I'm a big Gorillaz fan.

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Aliens are definitely real.

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I love a good old-school reggaeton song.

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I made music just for myself.

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I just know what I want for myself.

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That's the best kind of music: the stuff that happens based off intuition.

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I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.

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I started making music by myself and figuring all of that on my own.

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I can only be inspired if I'm working with people that I really respect.

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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 am very much an artist. I like painting and collaging.

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I don't operate on fear, and I don't let fear control me.

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I really try to balance my feminine and masculine energy when I write.

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I'm constantly trying to look at things from a different view and to put myself into some new perspectives to evolve myself,…

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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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While performing, I can't wear anything that I'm not going to be able to dance in or heels that don't have ankle…

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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…

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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…

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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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N.E.R.D. was also from - not too far from where I was from growing up. For a lot of people who make…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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When I got my MacBook, I started playing around with Garageband a lot. It was just a creative outlet. I put everything…

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It's really not easy to be an artist. It's not easy to put yourself out there and be honest. I'm making things…

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My sun and my moon signs are mostly Cancer - it's really strong. We're deeply intuitive and sentimental. I really like to…

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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…

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Just because someone is your family member doesn't mean they're a good person.

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I've always considered myself a person of color.

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Spanish is such an important language globally.

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La India's voice is so powerful. It will give you life.

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It's really natural for me to write bilingually.

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I was always into music and stuff, so I would always make songs since I was little.

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The constant pressure to be the perfect, ideal female - there's no such thing.

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I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day.

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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 really love secondhand clothes. It's fun to turn them into something new.

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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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