Wiz Khalifa Quotes

I want to be an icon.

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

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

I started writing songs when I was eight.

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 see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

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 never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

I never got nervous performing my own material.

I made my first mix tape when I was 14.

I love tattoos.

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.

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

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

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

I don't take time off.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Brand names aren't important to me at all.