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
KEHLANII 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.
More Kehlani Quotes
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You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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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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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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There is nothing I would trade in this world for being a mommy.
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I feel like I don’t really care about impressing other people. I thoroughly enjoy impressing myself.
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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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Yes, you are like the sun so always shine bright.
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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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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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New flame, I’m blowin out matches.
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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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I used to think that love was giving up everything of yourself and giving it to the other person. Now, I’ve realized that love is when you have somebody that doesn’t make you give up half of yourself.
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It’s funny: I don’t listen to too much rap. I don’t listen to too much older hip-hop. If I do, it’s Ja Rule.
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Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it’s really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they’re creepy or not.
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