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" 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. "

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" I've always been very insecure and had a lot of self-doubt growing up. That was partially because of how I was raised. "

Kali Uchis

Because

Growing

" I'm constantly trying to look at things from a different view and to put myself into some new perspectives to evolve myself, grow myself, and reinvent myself. "

" 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. "

Kali Uchis

Work

Myself

" I am very much an artist. I like painting and collaging. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Kali Uchis

Really

Natural

" When I got my MacBook, I started playing around with Garageband a lot. It was just a creative outlet. I put everything into it. I would skip all my classes just to be making my songs. Stuff like that made me feel good. "

Kali Uchis

Creative

Got

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" I was always into music and stuff, so I would always make songs since I was little. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a big Gorillaz fan. "

Kali Uchis

Big

Fan

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

" 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

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

" When I start something, I have to finish it, and I'm a super perfectionist, too. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Not everything happens when you expect it; it is what it is. The people who ride with you, ride with you. "

" 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 was really grateful for the photography classes, the art classes, and the video classes. They would let me skip all my other classes and stay and work on my projects. "

Kali Uchis

Art

Grateful

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

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

" 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. "