Top 81 Quotes & Sayings by Khalid - Page 2

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.

The thing about going back to El Paso, it's overwhelming sometimes. I look at the support that I get and the success that I've had, and I can't walk anywhere without being spotted. My hair might be the biggest crime in this situation.

Lorde is awesome. She's amazing. She's so talented. We went on tour in Europe, and it was the greatest time of my life.

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.

Falling in love in high school and falling out of love - it's very digital. I've had breakups where they've called me to tell me we were done, and I've gotten a lot of text messages from an old girlfriend letting me know how she felt about me after we had ended everything.

When I wanted to be a music teacher, I wanted to help people through voice. Now, I get to help people out through song.

I started writing out all of my feelings, and people asked me, 'Have you ever thought of recording your music?' It was something I'd always thought of, but I'd never really had the confidence.

I want to venture out into music education for kids. As a child, I was discouraged by a lack of money, and now I want to use my platform to give back to kids without resources.

Being timeless means you can listen to something when you're feeling a certain way, and it still has that same power as it did when you listened to the record for the first time. Timeless is abnormal. It sticks out. It can't be recreated.

As an artist, I never want to be a moment. I want to be a legacy, and I want my music to touch people for years to come.

Art is fluid, and it travels. You have to let music take you where it wants to take you. You can't necessarily be the controller.

We were told not to turn our hobby into our job, but to turn our job into our hobby. As kids, we were told not to pursue our dreams!

I worked hard on making a body of work that takes people on a journey. It was never about making a certain type of song. It was simply about embracing real-life situations.

A lot of my songs are about loneliness and losing relationships. Even the ones that are happy, there's a lonely undertone to them.

What really keeps me grounded is my fans and the way that I connect with them.

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.

For me, when I grew up, I never really had an outlet when it came to my social surroundings. Even if I had a form of popularity, I felt like I was very limited.

My mom and I, we have trust within each other because at one time in our lives, we were kind of all that we had, you know? My mom had me, and I had her.

El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone there.

I knew if I worked hard enough that I'd be successful and eventually give opportunities to others.

I love visiting my friends because it makes me feel normal.