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" The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz. "

Wiz Khalifa

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

" 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. "

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" I groom, but it doesn't take me a long time to get to what people see. "

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

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

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

" My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd. "

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

Wiz Khalifa

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Light

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

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

" 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. "

" I've been pretty focused my entire life, and now that I have a family, I'm just going to keep that focus, but it's going to be a family focus. "

" I started writing songs when I was eight. "

" Since I was younger I've been making the best out of nothing. "

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

" 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 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.' "

" I critique myself way harder than anybody else could critique me. "

" Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It's closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced. "

" 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 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. "

" I made my first mix tape when I was 14. "

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

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

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" My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun. "

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" I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should be. "

" I love my wife. We FaceTime and we talk on the phone and she travels to come see me when she can. But she works as well. But we see each other a lot more than people would think, though, because we make it happen and we love each other so much. "

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