Top 189 Quotes & Sayings by Wiz Khalifa
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American rapper Wiz Khalifa.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.
I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.
I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave.
Brand names aren't important to me at all.
There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.
When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsburgh and being a Midwest artist.
I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.
'Khalifa' is Arabic, it means successor, leader, shining light. My granddad is Muslim and he gave me that name.
Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It's closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced.
The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.
Since I was younger I've been making the best out of nothing.
The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.
I started writing songs when I was eight.
I don't take time off.
I groom, but it doesn't take me a long time to get to what people see.
Whatever I do, I do it because I want to do it and because it's completely, 100% me.
My music and my fan base is really built off of my lifestyle.
My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.
I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it.
Even with whatever people want to label me with, there are so many other sides to me.
Yeah, baggy jeans are done. Nobody wants to wear big, baggy jeans. Baggy jeans are completely over with.
My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.
I love my wife. We FaceTime and we talk on the phone and she travels to come see me when she can. But she works as well. But we see each other a lot more than people would think, though, because we make it happen and we love each other so much.
You don't have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you're white, you don't have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are.
I never got nervous performing my own material.
I want to be an icon.
I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.
I'm always hustling.
I've been pretty focused my entire life, and now that I have a family, I'm just going to keep that focus, but it's going to be a family focus.
I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success.
Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place.
I critique myself way harder than anybody else could critique me.
Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.
I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.
I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.'
I made my first mix tape when I was 14.
I have a huge span of fans, some who know all my radio songs and are familiar with my popular stuff and then some who have their own personal favorites. When I do my show, I try to take into consideration all those people.
I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.
I've done a lot of work to get where I'm at, but I have to keep working.
People connect with me just as a cool, around-the-way type of guy.
Every day is new. It's just a new day. I look at six hours at a time.
I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should be.
Never make permanent decisions on temporary feelings.
A day without a smile is a day wasted
"I love you" takes 3 seconds to say, 3 hours to explain, and a lifetime to prove.
Forget the ones that forget you.
I come from a place where people get high, the grades get low, and if someone has a secret EVERYONE KNOWS.
If you think it's necessary to judge me by my past, don't get mad when I put you there.
Relationships are like drugs. They either kill you or give you the best feeling of your life.
I don't need someone that sees what's good about me. I need someone that sees the bad and still wants me.
The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.
You don't need too many people to be happy. Just a few real ones who appreciate you for who you are.
Some people make your life better by walking into it while other people make your life better by simply walking out of it.
Never Forget what someone says to you when they are drunk. Because Drunk words are Sober Thoughts
Everything’s better when you’re high.
Great minds think alone.
Girls fall in love with what they hear. Boys fall in love with what they see. That’s why girls wear make-up and boys lie.
Good things come in good time.
My life, my choices, my mistakes, my lessons- NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
I'm all about that money, dress like everyday sunny, rolling weed like a Marley, smile like everything funny.
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