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" 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. "

Kali Uchis

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Art

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" I think it's boring when everybody wears the same brands or the same styles, and it's like, 'Oh, this is the new trend.' "

" I just know what I want for 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. "

" 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. "

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Relationship

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

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

" 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. "

" If my life is a movie - in the movie, there's always the bad part. There's also the parts where you're down and out, and there are parts where everything's amazing. "

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

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

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Growing

" Aliens are definitely real. "

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Real

" I never really wanted to be a singer. I always preferred to be behind the camera. "

" 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. "

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Done

Family

" I love a good old-school reggaeton song. "

" I've always considered myself a person of color. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I feel like fashion is about being innovative and being able to turn something into something else, making it cool, and making it your own. "

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Own

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

" Spanish is such an important language globally. "

" Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul. "

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

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

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