Top 55 Kali Uchis Quotes

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.

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

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

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

I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.

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.

Do you. Wear what you want to wear. Be an individual. Be unique and live your best life.

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

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

N.E.R.D. was also from – not too far from where I was from growing up. For a lot of people who make music, that was a huge influence in teen years.

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

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

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

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

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 made music just for myself.

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

I’m not a Barbie doll, I’m just a multidimensional human being who likes to make things.

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 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.

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.

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

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

I’m a big Gorillaz fan.

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.

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.

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.

The people, the culture… there’s so much magic in Colombia, so I feel like being a kid, being able to have that, being able to also call Colombia my home, it was such an important part of my introduction as an artist, too, because it’s such a big part of my life as a human being.

I was one of those people at one point who was scared to put my foot down and show where the boundaries were. For me, it’s really important to stand your ground and know exactly what you are, where you wanna be, and what you’re doing, or else people are gonna try you.

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.

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

My favourite ‘stage’ of Shakira was the brunette punk rock one, but she’ll always have a special place in my heart, whatever she’s doing.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things – I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that.

I just know what I want for myself.

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

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

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

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

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

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’ve always experimented with my look. Growing up, I thought it was so weird that people dressed alike and all bought the same things.

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 don’t like to see people using their power over others, trying to hurt people who are weak or poor or people with darker skin or anyone who doesn’t have as much privilege. It makes me so angry. I want to fight for people. I want to be able to make some kind of difference in the world.

I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.

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

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