Kat Dahlia Quotes

I'm Cuban-American, everybody says. I have a Cuban background, Cuban blood.

Growing up in Miami, being Cuban is integrated into our culture. When we greet anyone, we give them a kiss on the cheek.

Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. Being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence. I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out, you party, and it's just always there.

I was born in New York, but I'm of Cuban heritage. Maybe there's a little island in my blood.

I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.

I really wanna do a Spanish album. I have that Latin culture background. It's a part of me. I'm not the best Spanish speaker, but I have a longing to connect with that. I just think how supportive the Latin community has been, even during 'Idol.' I'd like to give back with something like that.

I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life.

I live in N.Y.C.; Latin queens are sick'ning!

I am half Cuban American.

I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my teenage years. Basically I'm just being myself.

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

Everyone has a black guy inside them. Mine is a Cuban sonero who is 80-something years old and sings better than I do. His name is Medoro Madera. Medoro has been recording since 1997.

If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American.

We were from downtown, so we were rapping in Danceteria, in these white downtown clubs, really. Nobody downtown was rapping. Nobody we knew was rapping. So we were like, 'We should do it.' We weren't making fun of it; we loved it, and we wanted to be part of it.

Rap is something you live; hip hop is something you do.

My parents are from Mexico City.

I am from L.A., my siblings are from L.A., but both my parents are from Guatemala, and I have a lot of family members from Mexico.

I grew up on hip-hop and crate-digging and those sensibilities are deeply ingrained in me.

When you get a bunch of Latinxs together, we get to handle our stories. A cultural shorthand happens.

I guess I see 'Goo' half as a really New York record because I think there are a lot of really particular New York references on it, but I also see it, for us, as the first of our records that really opened up to the larger world around us.

I consider 'Dope' a part of the new mainstream.

Brooklyn just got that energy to me that's so hip-hop and so New York City. You know, New York City is the grittiest city in the world.

We really wanted our characters to be very Latin-based because we've always been so proud of our roots.

I'm from Asia. You can hear it in my voice, and you can see it in my face, and that's primarily my perspective.

The Indian heritage plays a very important role in my career, I have always wanted my Indian roots to be with me. I was also influenced by the urban culture around me back in the day.