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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 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
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 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
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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Favorite Myself Oneself Sex 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.
KEHLANI

Growth Heart Honesty Music Myself Ourselves Thinking
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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Kind Myself Understand Writing
You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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Worth Yourself
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
Yes, you are like the sun so always shine bright.
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Bright Shine Sun Yourself
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.
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Accompany Enough Myself Play Song Writing
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
I’m a healthy eater, but I don’t consider Chick-fil-A fast food.
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Choice Eat Health Myself
We can be your distraction.
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Instagram Captions 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.
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Feeling Girl Help Myself Perspective Song
I’ve always been a very young person with a very old soul.
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Character Myself Old Soul Young
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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Confidence Creation Thinking World

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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