Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Kali Uchis - Page 2

When I was little, I went through a lot of phases, like any girl.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I really love secondhand clothes. It's fun to turn them into something new.

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

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.

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

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

Every time I go out to do shows, it just becomes a little bit more real and a little bit more full, so I'm excited just to see it hit its next level.

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.

I made music just for myself.

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

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 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.

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

I just like stuff that's raw, itself, real and genuine. I think that's the way art should be. That's the kind of stuff that people can connect to more.

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.

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 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.

As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.

My dad's job was to manage apartment complexes, so when people would move out or when people would die or whatever, people left things in their apartments, he would always bring me home people's collection of music that they left behind. I was excited because I didn't really have money to go to the CD store all the time.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

When I'm making a song, I try not to think about audience or genres. It's free-flowing. Natural.

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 always felt you could age with style and grace, or you could age in denial and hold on to issues and never push through.