Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
KEHLANII 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.
More Kehlani Quotes
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Sex is biological, but gender is mental.
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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’ve always been a very young person with a very old soul.
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My biggest role model right now is Beyonce, just ’cause she is a very, very strong, powerful woman, and that’s obviously the number one reason to be inspired by her. She is just killing every game there is to kill.
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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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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 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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I feel like I don’t really care about impressing other people. I thoroughly enjoy impressing myself.
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New flame, I’m blowin out matches.
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Motherhood, building character one day at a time.
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Focused on fire. Bringing the heat.
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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’m frazzled, but I’m good.
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Choose yourself or lose yourself.
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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.
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