black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Kehlani

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.
KEHLANI

Break Mom Myself Pay Song
Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
KEHLANI

Listening Music Writing
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.
KEHLANI

Myself Understand Writing
Yes, you are like the sun so always shine bright.
KEHLANI

Bright Shine Sun Yourself
Everybody is on the ‘I’ll cross the bridge when it comes’ conversation. I don’t think anybody truly knows.
KEHLANI

Myself Thinking True
I write most of my songs to beats. I play around on guitar, but not enough to where I can compose my own stuff or play solos. Can accompany myself cause most songs are, like, four chords.
KEHLANI

Accompany Enough Myself Play Song Writing
Love my small team, proud of our sweet beginnings, every step feels so rewarding.
KEHLANI

Beginning Feeling Love Proud Reward Team
My pops passed when I was little. I didn’t have a dad around to tell me certain things. I didn’t have my biological mother.
KEHLANI

Death Father Loss Myself
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.
KEHLANI

Feeling Fun Play Sex
Choose yourself or lose yourself.
KEHLANI

Lose Yourself
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.
KEHLANI

Feeling Girl Help Myself Perspective Song
I’m a healthy eater, but I don’t consider Chick-fil-A fast food.
KEHLANI

Choice Eat Health Myself
We can be your distraction.
KEHLANI

Instagram Captions Yourself
Success to me is only two things: happiness and stability.
KEHLANI

Deep Happiness Myself Success
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.
KEHLANI

Identity Yourself
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.
KEHLANI

Confident Creation Thinking World

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Kehlani Quotes