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I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.

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I’ve always been a very young person with a very old soul.
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Character Myself Old Soul Young
I ain’t the passenger I’m the pilot.
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Independent Instagram Captions Myself
I was seeing the effects of what music can do — how it can be healing and bring people joy, but on the flip side, there was this ugliness. I saw the greed and the He-Mans that were willing to f*ck over children.
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Beautiful Children Healing Man Music Myself Ugly
Sometimes I make songs about girls, and I say ‘he,’ or I’ll make songs about guys, and I say ‘she,’ or sometimes they’re exactly what they’re about. I feel like it just allows me to get a lot more perspective.
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Feeling Girl Help Myself Perspective Song
My biggest role model right now is Beyonce, just ’cause she is a very, very strong, powerful woman, and that’s obviously the number one reason to be inspired by her. She is just killing every game there is to kill.
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Inspirational Kill Game Myself Powerful Reason Strong Woman Empowerment
I went from broke and homeless sleeping on couches. I couldn’t even figure out what I was doing in Los Angeles. Now, I’m paying my own bills. I’m about to move my mama in with me at 19. I’m on tour now, and this is all off of one mixtape.
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Break Mom Myself Pay Song
I hang out with the right people, my friends that I’ve had since the beginning. We go to the beach, take walks, paint, see our family – just normal things that people who become famous lose sight of.
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Beginning Fame Family Friendship Myself People Right
Motherhood, building character one day at a time.
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Character Mom Time
I really hate finding out people that show love really be talking crazy behind the scenes. Bitch buck up and hate me with your chest.
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Crazy Hate Love Myself People
There’s girls that grew up like me and even worse, and they need to know that there is someone out there that can give them hope with my music. It’s about inspiring people and helping people.
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Girl Grow Up Help Hope Music Myself Need People Worse
When you look at me, you can’t really tell what I am, but I’m black, white, Native, Spanish, and a little bit of Filipino.
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Identity Yourself
My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.
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Myself Understand Writing
I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.
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Honesty Music Myself Thinking
Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
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Listening Music Writing
Sex is biological, but gender is mental.
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Difference Mental Sex
My favorite person that I had been running everything by doesn’t even make music, but he is a genius. It’s Kerby [Jean-Raymond] from Pyer Moss. -Kehlani
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Genius Music Myself Person

I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.

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I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.

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