Khalid Quotes

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

I like a man who can come out and say he's nervous on the first date. I think that would be really cute.

You can't get any braver than going on national television to be weighed.

I think if you have any fear or shame, it's really hard to want to express yourself.

If I want to listen to myself as much as I want to listen to Drake or Beyonce, I feel like that's a good sign.

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

I grew up watching 'Grease,' and 'Grease 2.' I fantasized about walking through school halls and busting out in a song. At that time, I was too much of a chicken to do so. I'd love the challenge now.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

People probably thought I was scary, but I was just uncomfortable with attention and tended to be a little closed off, except with friends. I learned to embrace the attention.