I feel like I don’t really care about impressing other people. I thoroughly enjoy impressing myself.
KEHLANILove my small team, proud of our sweet beginnings, every step feels so rewarding.
More Kehlani Quotes
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I think most people don’t know that I really write everything myself. No help. There’s nobody in the studio except for me and the engineer. A lot of people don’t think I’m a singer. They think I’m a rapper.
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I was writing with my homegirl who’s one of my favorite people to work with. We were just sitting in a studio and I said, I want to be able to talk about sex, but very specific kinds of sex.
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Focused on fire. Bringing the heat.
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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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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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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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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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Stardom is a crazy thought. If that’s what my path is, then that’s where I’m excited to be headed towards.
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Make-up sex, as treacherous as it can be, becomes this fun and playful thing versus this really intense thing. To me the song feels playful.
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Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
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Sex is biological, but gender is mental.
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I’ve always been a very young person with a very old soul.
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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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I ain’t the passenger I’m the pilot.
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As far as creation goes, you just really have to not overthink and just create and be confident. If you think it’s tight, then the world is going to think it’s tight.
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