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.
KEHLANIChoose yourself or lose yourself.
More Kehlani Quotes
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Sex is biological, but gender is mental.
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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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My lyrics are a complete 180 from what they used to be in terms of maturity. And I have a kid, so that changes everything.
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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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I’m frazzled, but I’m good.
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It don’t take a whole day to recognize sunshine.
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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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I always wanted to date me.
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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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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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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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You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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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 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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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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