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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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" It's difficult as an artist sometimes. There's a lot of pressure when it's your first album. You want to make something that's meaningful and timeless, not something that's trendy. "

Kali Uchis

Want

You

Artist

" 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. "

Kali Uchis

Yourself

World

" 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. "

Kali Uchis

Trying

Myself

" 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 wasn't into social media at all, but when I decided I was going to put out my own music, I said, 'Okay, I'm just going to post it.' And that's when it started its rounds on the Internet, and people started to take an interest in me. "

Kali Uchis

Music

People

" Back in the day, I used to get really upset when people used to say that I didn't really make all my own things - like my art or my videos or whatever. I work really hard on everything, so it used to upset me when people would try to discredit me or say that I wouldn't have what I had without this person or that person. "

" 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'm Colombian-American. My father wanted me to have American citizenship, but he wanted to raise me in Colombia. "

" 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. "

" If you really want to get over someone or something in your life, I suggest you throw on some Ivy Queen. She will have you feeling extra bossy. "

" 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 disrespectful thing you can do. "

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

" N.E.R.D. was also from - not too far from where I was from growing up. For a lot of people who make music, that was a huge influence in teen years. "

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

Kali Uchis

Growing

Music

" 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. "

" I just know what I want for myself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Kali Uchis

Done

Family

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Diplo kept asking me who styled my 'What They Say' video. I was like, 'No, that's just my clothes!' "

Kali Uchis

Just

Clothes

" Spanish is such an important language globally. "

" I don't really use any face products anymore because they make me break out. I like natural remedies. I usually put honey on my face. Sometimes, I put sugar in it so it's an exfoliant, too. I add raw coconut oil, which is good as a face wash and a moisturizer. "

Kali Uchis

Oil

Sometimes

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

" 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. "

" That's the best kind of music: the stuff that happens based off intuition. "

" My first relationship was from when I was about 15 to 19. My second relationship was kind of like a rebound, but also a really important part of my journey - he was very emotionally manipulative and just wanted me to be an accessory. "

Kali Uchis

Important

Relationship

" No matter where you are, what point in your life you're at, it's not the end. "