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.
KEHLANISuccess to me is only two things: happiness and stability.
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I’m frazzled, but I’m good.
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There is nothing I would trade in this world for being a mommy.
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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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I feel like I don’t really care about impressing other people. I thoroughly enjoy impressing myself.
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You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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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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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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There’s girls that grew up like me and even worse, and they need to know that there is someone out there that can give them hope with my music. It’s about inspiring people and helping people.
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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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Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
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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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We can be your distraction.
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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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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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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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