Kali Uchis

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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It's easy to just write about love, because everyone can relate, but I like variety.

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

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When I was little, I went through a lot of phases, like any girl.

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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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As female artists, we have to be constantly criticized for the way that we look, the way that we dress, on a…

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The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it's still me in the sense that, my dad called me…

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I grew up being very different and being ready to fight people. I wanted to stand up for myself, and I wanted…

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When you're an artist, you're working, literally, for the sole purpose of art, and when people discredit you, it's probably the most…

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I never had any technical training. I never considered that, one day, I'm going to be Beyonce like a lot of girls…

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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…

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I don't really use any face products anymore because they make me break out. I like natural remedies. I usually put honey…

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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…

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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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When I'm making a song, I try not to think about audience or genres. It's free-flowing. Natural.

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If my life is a movie - in the movie, there's always the bad part. There's also the parts where you're down…

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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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I don't like to see people using their power over others, trying to hurt people who are weak or poor or people…

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I've never been pressed to be friends with everyone or be popular, even in school - I've always done my own thing.

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

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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…

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

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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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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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