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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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every time I go out to do shows, it just becomes a little bit more real and a little bit more full, so I'm excited just to see it hit its next level. "

" My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him. "

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

" No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I think everybody needs to be more empathetic. "

" It's really natural for me to write bilingually. "

" My sun and my moon signs are mostly Cancer - it's really strong. We're deeply intuitive and sentimental. I really like to take care of people, nurturing them. I'm very passionate about the things I do and like to see people I love grow. "

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

" I like lowriders and music from the '50s and '60s. A lot of people assumed I was Mexican. "

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

" I used to love to look at cover art for vinyls. "

" I've always been someone who, without wanting to or without trying to, I draw attention to myself sometimes in negative ways. It made me sharp, and it made me quick. "

" I'm a big Gorillaz fan. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't want to go to school, because I wanted to be an artist, and they were never going to teach me art. None of my family had ever done that kind of stuff either. "

" I'm into crystals and good energy and harnessing more. It's just like prayer. It helps you be grateful, think about good things, and keep that positive energy around you. "

" 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. "

" The people, the culture... there's so much magic in Colombia, so I feel like being a kid, being able to have that, being able to also call Colombia my home, it was such an important part of my introduction as an artist, too, because it's such a big part of my life as a human being. "

" I've always experimented with my look. Growing up, I thought it was so weird that people dressed alike and all bought the same things. "

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

" I made music just for myself. "