A Quote by Khalid

I've got to thank the city of El Paso for standing behind me.

Khalid

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Behind City El Paso Got Me Standing Thank

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Khalid
American - Musician
Born: February 11, 1998

I moved from New York to El Paso in 2015, just before my senior year. I was super nervous. My mom, she's in the Army, and she got stationed at Fort Bliss. We packed everything up and drove all the way to El Paso.

Khalid

El Paso is the final Wild, Wild West city.

Shawn Crahan

The border is safe; it's secure. El Paso is the safest city in America. Let's own that. Let's be proud of that. And then, I think, good policy can follow from that, better outcomes included.

Beto O'Rourke

Even though I wasn't born or raised in El Paso, it'll always be a part of me until the day that I die.

Khalid

Juarez had become a failed city. The mayor of Juarez lived in El Paso. Not only did he not live in his own city, he didn't live in his own country. You had all these kids out of school who didn't want to work because they saw their mothers toiling in jobs for hardly any cash.

Beto O'Rourke

And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.

Sam Donaldson

I'm just a kid from El Paso, Texas.

Ron Stallworth

[My grandparents] were from Texas. El Paso. White trash.

Carrie Fisher

I spent some special years in my hometown of El Paso.

Debbie Reynolds

I didn't feel like I had a home until I moved to El Paso.

Khalid

We’re on the moon,” Sadie murmured. “El Paso, Texas,” Bast corrected.

Rick Riordan

We in El Paso and Juarez are literally one community. There's no separation; there's no DMZ; there's no buffer.

Beto O'Rourke

My mind was so geared towards being a performing artist, singing all these classical pieces, but the sense of loneliness I got when I moved from New York to El Paso meant that writing turned into singing. I'd sing all these songs, and they'd make me feel better. Songs that crafted the way my life was going to go.

Khalid

Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

Sam Donaldson

I was in dire need of a band that was serious about getting out of El Paso.