Khalid

“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'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time.”

“I've felt like an outcast most of my life, being in multiple high schools and being a military child.”

“I've been singing since I could talk correctly.”

“My peers inspire me, especially being a newer artist.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've met so many new fans and amazing people while traveling to new cities and locations throughout 2017 in support of my album 'American Teen.'”

“I was told I wasn't good enough, but I just chose not to listen.”

“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.'”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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!”

“And even though I'm famous, I still go through things that young people go through.”