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" Aliens are definitely real. "
Kali Uchis
Definitely
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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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" I'm not a Barbie doll, I'm just a multidimensional human being who likes to make things. "
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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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" A lot of people were getting million-dollar deals from music I felt was trash, because their videos were going viral. I wanted to put out music that had soul, because that's what was missing. "
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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 working class work so hard every day for nickels and pennies and scraps to just barely get by and then realize that this precious life has been completely drained out of us. "
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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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" Do you. Wear what you want to wear. Be an individual. Be unique and live your best life. "
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Live
" Spanish is such an important language globally. "
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Spanish
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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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You
People
" 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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" Not everything happens when you expect it; it is what it is. The people who ride with you, ride with you. "
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People
Ride
" I've always considered myself a person of color. "
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Always
Person
Myself
" 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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Sometimes
Hair
" 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 used to love to look at cover art for vinyls. "
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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 support. "
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Dance
Heels
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" I really love secondhand clothes. It's fun to turn them into something new. "
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Clothes
Fun
Love
" I like lowriders and music from the '50s and '60s. A lot of people assumed I was Mexican. "
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Lot
Music
People
" The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it's still me in the sense that, my dad called me 'Kali Uchis' my whole life. It's still something I've been called since I was a baby. It's still me. "
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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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" I am very much an artist. I like painting and collaging. "
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Painting
Artist
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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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Art
" That's the best kind of music: the stuff that happens based off intuition. "
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Intuition
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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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Face
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Look
" California feels like Colombia but with less threats. I don't have to be constantly looking over my shoulder. "
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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 always felt you could age with style and grace, or you could age in denial and hold on to issues and never push through. "
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Always
You
Style
" You can consciously make a difference with music. Bob Marley is one of those few artists that everyone can say that they love. He makes you feel good. It's very real. "
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