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" 'Khalifa' is Arabic, it means successor, leader, shining light. My granddad is Muslim and he gave me that name. "

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" Whatever I do, I do it because I want to do it and because it's completely, 100% me. "

" My music and my fan base is really built off of my lifestyle. "

" There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going. "

" I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more. "

" I never got nervous performing my own material. "

" I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there. "

" I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it. "

" I've done a lot of work to get where I'm at, but I have to keep working. "

" I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave. "

" I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success. "

" I started writing songs when I was eight. "

" Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from. "

" I never want to confuse people or go over their heads. "

" Even with whatever people want to label me with, there are so many other sides to me. "

" I'm always hustling. "

" Yeah, baggy jeans are done. Nobody wants to wear big, baggy jeans. Baggy jeans are completely over with. "

" I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.' "

" You don't have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you're white, you don't have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are. "

" People connect with me just as a cool, around-the-way type of guy. "

" I love tattoos. "

" I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock. "

" I have a huge span of fans, some who know all my radio songs and are familiar with my popular stuff and then some who have their own personal favorites. When I do my show, I try to take into consideration all those people. "

" When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsburgh and being a Midwest artist. "

" Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place. "

" I want to be an icon. "

" The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular. "

" Every day is new. It's just a new day. I look at six hours at a time. "

" I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it. "