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" 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. "

Khalid

Music

Friends

Good

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Crazy

Youth

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

Khalid

Love

Friends

" I use my clothing choices as a way to express how I feel. "

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

Khalid

Feel

Until

" 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. "

" 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. "

Khalid

Good

Self-Confidence

" I'm really excited about what the future holds and to grow as an individual and as an artist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Khalid

Falling In Love

School

" 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 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. "

Khalid

Always

Nice

" For me, love is endless, and love has no age limit. "

Khalid

Age

Endless

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" My peers inspire me, especially being a newer artist. "