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" Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that. "

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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 never had any technical training. I never considered that, one day, I'm going to be Beyonce like a lot of girls aspire to be. It just kind of happened. "

" I was a very creative child. I played the saxophone and piano, and I was always writing poetry and stories, or drawing in my notebook. I just tried to express myself through as many creative outlets as possible. And in high school, I started to get really into photography and videography and would spend hours working on it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I grew up being very different and being ready to fight people. I wanted to stand up for myself, and I wanted to not let anyone think they know me based on appearances, so I was always just fighting back with people. "

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

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" I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights. "

" I made music just for myself. "

" I'm Colombian. My family all have different complexions; some are people of color. I've been called every name by white people, been mocked for speaking in Spanish by white people. "

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

" Sometimes I leave mayonnaise on the ends of my hair for a few hours while I'm writing; it's a really good moisturizer. "

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

" Do you. Wear what you want to wear. Be an individual. Be unique and live your best life. "

" I never had a backup plan. I felt like if I had a backup plan, it was like saying to the universe that I didn't believe in myself. "

" Aliens are definitely real. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think everybody needs to be more empathetic. "

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

" Juanes is one of the legendary, iconic Colombian artists. Growing up in Colombia, you can't really not have him on your radar. His songs are everywhere, and there's a statue of him. He's pretty big for Latin America, and for Colombia especially. "

" As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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