Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I knew if I worked hard enough that I'd be successful and eventually give opportunities to others. "
Khalid
Hard
Successful
Enough
Related Quotes:
" I feel like baggy pants are cool. "
Khalid
I Feel Like
Pants
Cool
" 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. "
Khalid
You
See
Feel
" 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? "
Khalid
Think
Experience
Age
" I'm really excited about what the future holds and to grow as an individual and as an artist. "
Khalid
Really
Grow
Individual
" What really keeps me grounded is my fans and the way that I connect with them. "
Khalid
Connect
Really
Way
" I knew what I wanted and where I wanted to go. I always wanted to entertain and help others. "
Khalid
Always
Others
Help Others
" If you don't text your relationship partner - even if you just saw them in person - it's like you're doing something wrong. "
Khalid
Partner
Doing
Relationship
" 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. "
Khalid
Proud
Future
Youth
" I was told I wasn't good enough, but I just chose not to listen. "
Khalid
Chose
Listen
Just
" 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.' "
Khalid
Saying
People
You
" Joel Little and I have this certain chemistry we have when we work together. "
Khalid
Chemistry
Together
Work
" I try to take all of my experiences in and not take anything for granted. "
Khalid
Anything
Try
Experiences
" 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. "
Khalid
Different
Songs
Off
" Uzi is insanely good and super creative. "
Khalid
Super
Creative
Good
" 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. "
Khalid
Yourself
Comfortable
You
" You're not a real fan if you don't know how to say my name. "
Khalid
Say
Know
You
" I've felt like an outcast most of my life, being in multiple high schools and being a military child. "
Khalid
Military
Life
High
" A lot of my songs are about loneliness and losing relationships. Even the ones that are happy, there's a lonely undertone to them. "
Khalid
Loneliness
Happy
Losing
" 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
" 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. "
Khalid
Me
Color
You
" I'm an African-American man with an Afro who isn't your typical athlete - who wasn't as masculine as other guys. "
Khalid
Man
Your
African-American
" I wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself. "
Khalid
Myself
Therapy
Over
" 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. "
Khalid
Thinking
Mind
Depression
" I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time. "
Khalid
Ocean
Artists
Favorite
" 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. "
Khalid
I Am
Think
Youth
" Love crosses all boundaries. "
Khalid
Love
Boundaries
Crosses
" 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. "
Khalid
Never
Me
First
" When I wanted to be a music teacher, I wanted to help people through voice. Now, I get to help people out through song. "
Khalid
Music
Voice
Teacher
" 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.' "
Khalid
You
Daily
Me
" 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. "
Khalid
Mind
Halloween
Thought