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" You can consciously make a difference with music. Bob Marley is one of those few artists that everyone can say that they love. He makes you feel good. It's very real. "

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" 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. "

Kali Uchis

People

Work

Citizenship

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

Kali Uchis

People

Language

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

" Aliens are definitely real. "

Kali Uchis

Definitely

Real

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

Kali Uchis

Operate

Control

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

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

Kali Uchis

Really

Natural

" I never had a backup plan. I felt like if I had a backup plan, it was like saying to the universe that I didn't believe in myself. "

" I'm into crystals and good energy and harnessing more. It's just like prayer. It helps you be grateful, think about good things, and keep that positive energy around you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Kali Uchis

Just

Clothes