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.
KEHLANILove my small team, proud of our sweet beginnings, every step feels so rewarding.
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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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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 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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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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I always wanted to date me.
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I’m at that point where I was able to make a decision on if it was time to follow my goals that are bigger than music, which is service to the community.
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Motherhood, building character one day at a time.
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You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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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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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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Success to me is only two things: happiness and stability.
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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 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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Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
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