100 Quotes by Kali Uchis

I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.

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

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.

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.

California feels like Colombia but with less threats. I don't have to be constantly looking over my shoulder.

Spanish is such an important language globally.

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.

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 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.