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

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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. "

" I'm just inspired by life and, growing up, I listened to all types of different sounds, genres, and areas of music. "

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

" 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. "

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Make A Difference

" 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. "

" Music is your way to change the frequencies of everything around you and move your own body, move your whole environment. "

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

" 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 that are really happening to me, and it's not easy to share that with the world. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I was one of those people at one point who was scared to put my foot down and show where the boundaries were. For me, it's really important to stand your ground and know exactly what you are, where you wanna be, and what you're doing, or else people are gonna try you. "

" On my off day, I really want to just lay in bed. "