Top 81 Quotes & Sayings by Khalid
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Last updated on November 10, 2024.
I'm an African-American man with an Afro who isn't your typical athlete - who wasn't as masculine as other guys.
I'm still proud of who I am, of my youth, and I feel like now, as individuals, we begin to realise that we can change the future. We all have to participate.
We forget that when you grow up, there are a lot of people who are in the same position as you. The reason we forget is because there's not really a true voice that talks from the perspective of youth.
You're not a real fan if you don't know how to say my name.
Even though I was super personal with 'American Teen,' I want to tap in and not just tell my own stories but tell the stories of other people - so that I can help as many people as possible.
Once you're comfortable with the way that you're dressing, you express yourself a lot more, and you're just able to have a lot more fun.
My mom is my biggest inspiration by far. She inspires me on a daily basis. I remember hearing her sing around the house, and I was like, 'Mom, you belong on TV. You're a superstar.'
I didn't feel like I had a home until I moved to El Paso.
I wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself.
And even though I'm famous, I still go through things that young people go through.
I've felt like an outcast most of my life, being in multiple high schools and being a military child.
I always try to keep my friends within my music. I always play them all of the songs, and they are my biggest critics, and they love it, so that's a good sign.
My mom raised a self-aware kid. I wasn't like the typical alpha male. I wasn't afraid to sing, you know? I wasn't afraid to be in musicals.
To be recognized and accepted by my musical peers is truly an honor.
It's crazy that people are looking to me as a symbol like, 'Oh, he's the voice of the youth. He's this and this and that.' I feel like there's a lot of pressure that comes with it, when people look to you as the face of something.
My high school was what crafted my interest in recording.
I got joked on. You had people saying I was stupid, that I was lame, that I was feminine, this and that. I was like, 'OK, but I'm still gonna be successful, and you're not.'
Uzi is insanely good and super creative.
It wasn't like I was specifically wanting to write songs about technology. It's just what I lived, what I was experiencing growing up.
When I started writing, I said, 'I don't know how to do this. I don't know if it sounds good.' Coming from being an underdog or being told that something wasn't for you over and over repeatedly, it took a lot out of me. It took a lot of my self-confidence.
A lot of people feel pressured by the outside influences, whether it's your job, whether it's school. But who says you can't take care of that stuff and still be young?
In my home, we listened to music all the time. I was raised through music, and I've been interested in it since I was three.
I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all.
I knew what I wanted and where I wanted to go. I always wanted to entertain and help others.
For me, love is endless, and love has no age limit.
I'm really excited about what the future holds and to grow as an individual and as an artist.
I was told I wasn't good enough, but I just chose not to listen.
The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly recorded off different mics.
A lot of people think teenagers haven't gone through anything in their lives - they're not even 20 years old yet. But a twenty-something can go through the same type of experience or heartbreak that a 50-year-old can go through, so why does age matter?
With 'Location' and all the other songs around it, my music turned into therapy for others. And that's something I really love and am blown away by.
I feel like we go through different stages of love. When you get a little bit older, love starts to feel different, but you see that love has always been there.
I use my clothing choices as a way to express how I feel.
I was very confused with where my life was heading, but I knew that whatever I did, music was going to be involved.
I'm a regular guy, and I don't want anyone to look at me as being superior or having a God complex or anything like that, you know? I don't want to walk around like I know everything, because I have so much more room to improve.
It's my job to accept my youth, to spread my story, to let people know who I am as an individual, because there's so many people who are blinded and think less of me because of my skin color.
If you don't text your relationship partner - even if you just saw them in person - it's like you're doing something wrong.
I would classify myself as an individual. That's what I try to stay true with - being myself, 100 percent.
I try to take all of my experiences in and not take anything for granted.
There's been a time where I was like, I wanna be a folk singer; no, I wanna sing soul. I want to sing classical music. I want to sing R&B. I want to be on Broadway. I just wanna sing. Whatever comes out of my mouth, that's what I want to do.
I've been singing since I could talk correctly.
I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time.
I would never have been able to find my voice if I didn't have music education.
My peers inspire me, especially being a newer artist.
Love crosses all boundaries.
I feel like baggy pants are cool.
I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once that happened, I became torn between a career as an English teacher or a music teacher.
I definitely associate songs with the places that I've been.
Kendrick Lamar deserves a Grammy. He's one of the biggest, most influential rappers of my generation.
I've got to thank the city of El Paso for standing behind me.
I've met so many new fans and amazing people while traveling to new cities and locations throughout 2017 in support of my album 'American Teen.'
I just love matching sets. Tops and bottoms that are the same color are awesome to me, because you can get them in so many different colors - neon colors.
I want people to know that it's OK to have feelings; it's OK to be vulnerable. That no matter where they live around the world, teenagers all go through the same things.
I was in the sixth grade and living in Germany, when I was hanging out late with some friends. I turned around, and there's a dude dressed up as Michael Myers following us all the way home. It was the scariest thing ever, and it always reminds me of Halloween. In my mind, I was so young, so I really thought it was Mike Myers following me home.
Being vulnerable was difficult for me at first because I've said things in my songs about how I felt that I never told anybody.
Combing your hair after a long time is terrible.
Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself.
I suffer from anxiety, moments of depression. I'm in my head so much, and I'm thinking so much, I'm playing a tug-of-war within my mind.
I can't play an instrument to save my life. But when I'm creating, and when I'm making music, I feel like I'm the head of the orchestra, and I'm just waving my wand, and something is created.
Joel Little and I have this certain chemistry we have when we work together.
I gotta spread all this love that I have for myself, I gotta spread it to everybody else, because my positivity is going to change at least one person's day a day, and that's all that matters to me.
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