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" 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. "

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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. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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'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 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 don't give Virginia credit. Pharrell, Missy Elliott - a lot of people come from here. "

" 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 just know what I want for myself. "

" 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 a big Gorillaz fan. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When I was 18 or 19, I realized that everything I was doing was connected to music - writing, doing videos, making my clothes. It all centered around being an artist. So I released a mixtape that I made in my bedroom, and it ended up getting a lot more attention than I expected. "

" 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. "

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

" As female artists, we have to be constantly criticized for the way that we look, the way that we dress, on a whole other level that men don't have to face. "

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" 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. "

" You're always taught that the world is so competitive. You're taught that it's not very likely for you to become successful and that odds are you're going to be a struggling artist for the rest of your life. "