Quotes from Khalid

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?

Combing your hair after a long time is terrible.

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!

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.

If you don't text your relationship partner - even if you just saw them in person - it's like you're doing something wrong.

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.

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.

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.

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 wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself.

Kendrick Lamar deserves a Grammy. He's one of the biggest, most influential rappers of my generation.

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.

I try to take all of my experiences in and not take anything for granted.

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

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

To be recognized and accepted by my musical peers is truly an honor.

I started writing out all of my feelings, and people asked me, 'Have you ever thought of recording your music?' It was something I'd always thought of, but I'd never really had the confidence.

My high school was what crafted my interest in recording.

I was very confused with where my life was heading, but I knew that whatever I did, music was going to be involved.

I knew what I wanted and where I wanted to go. I always wanted to entertain and help others.

Joel Little and I have this certain chemistry we have when we work together.

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.

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.