Dj khaled quotes

Almond milk + cinnamon crunch = major key to success.

You do know it cost money to put a t-shirt on your back? You do know it cost money have a house? You do know it cost money to eat? Get money, don't let these people fool you.

I'm not ashamed to say I fear something. Besides me having a fear to fly, I also don't want to scare other people. When I'm on a plane, I don't want to freak out everyone else, too.

Also, of course, I need my Dove soap. Of course I need my cocoa butter. I need my Listerine. I need the white Jockey tees. They are really soft and comfortable.

There will be roadblocks but we will overcome them.

Have faith in God. Stay focused.

The key is to make it.

When I turn in my list, obviously every record was important to me. I didn't just put records on there to put records on there. I was excited that "All I Do Is Win" could go on there because you hear it at the end of the game and that represents victory. That's undeniable. You can't hate on that, it's impossible.

I've seen my family work so hard and come up, and I've seen it all get taken away. I had to man up, and part of that was sleeping in my car, getting an apartment for a month, and getting evicted the next month. Staying in the $25 - $35 hotels. I just never panicked. I stayed focused and I never surrendered.

Once you start losing reality, when you start losing reality with yourself, sometimes people just get dizzy.

Mind my own business.

When I wake up, I immediately pray. When I go to sleep, I pray. Honestly, a prayer every second, in every breath. I suggest the whole world to do it. Prayer is amazing.

When I do overcome my fear - what's going to happen is that I'm going to want a plane.

I didn't want to be an artist in the same place I worked. You could always have people that might feel like you would do something more for yourself.

They dont want you to exercise.

In life everyone has a choice. The key is: make a right choice.

They don't want you to win.

I think music isn't just a genre or sound. If it sounds good and makes you feel good it's a beautiful thing.

I'm going to be honest, I would love for Flava Flav to be president. It would bring a lot of excitement to the country.

When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.

I gained twenty pounds [during pregnancy of my wife].

They don't want you to jet ski, they don't want you to smile.

To succeed, you must believe. When you believe, you will succeed.

Now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire family, as well as myself, my woman, and my team that I consider family.

We have to get money. We have no choice. It cost money to eat.

I don't have time for any nonsense.

I have a shield. It's the most amazing shield ever. I don't see them. I don't feel them. If anything, "Hey come over, let me touch you so I can heal you." You get what I'm saying?

We have life. That's what's beautiful.

Give thanks to the most high.

The minute we think we went hard, go harder. We gotta work.

Working all winter shining all summer

Sometimes I'm in the studio, sometimes I'm not. It's about delivering the music to the artist, but it's also about the inspiration.

I can deal with everything. I got the answer for anything.

I'm focusing on my family, raising my family, and staying blessed.

When you success you have to be very smart and be extra focused and protect your surroundings.

Jet ski and wild noises.

Some of the guys when they play, they try to keep it reality. Nah, I need the best everything.

It's hard to explain. It's a love that I never knew existed until I had my first son. Basically what I'm saying is it's the most beautiful thing in the world. It's the biggest blessing I ever had in my life.

I love my privacy too, but at the end of the day, when it comes down to it with my woman, I call her a "special cloth alert." She's a rare breed and I love her and I don't ever want her to change because I think that's the balance of my relationship.

That's what I represent: love.

The key to success is to keep your head above the water.

I don't have time to be going back and forth with nobody.' Even now, when I work, I'm excited to go home to see my son. If I'm working, I make sure I FaceTime so many times in the day just to see him. Anytime I get frustrated or stressed, I FaceTime my son and immediately I don't even know what stress is because I'm accepting my life. When I see him, I see me.

When I say "major key," I think being grateful is actually respecting yourself.

Always have Faith. Always have Hope.

I love all types of music myself.

They go'n try to stop you, they go'n try. Notice how I said true. We ain't never stopping.

Watch your back, but more importantly when you get out the shower, dry your back. Its a cold world out there.

God is the greatest. So at the end of the day and beginning of the day, I thank God.

Feeling good, the workout, building your muscles, let your blood flow right and eating the right type of food. That's what I care about.

I used to breakdance, be a b-boy. I love hip-hop from back in the graffiti days, growing up listening to Michael Jackson. Loved it from birth. I know it all, from Afrika Bambaataa, the roots and the beginning. I came up in a good era.

The message I'm trying to say is that I'm tough because of life experience.

I'm building an empire. How do you know I won't be the next [Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO] Doug Morris one day? I'm doing a hell of a job, and I'm on the road to that next level.

Embrace life. You have life. There's a lot things going on out there.

I don't want no problems. I don't want to know problems.

One of my keys to success is a lot of pillows. I feel like a lot of pillows is important to relax each piece of your body.

I'm sure we could all relate because we've all got life. Some people ain't got it

My fans expect me to be great and keep being great.

It's simple: Give thanks and use Dove.

My son is two weeks old today. The minute he came in my arms and looked at me it changed my life. Literally changed my life. When I say changed my life, I mean he showed me love I thought... I know... the word love, there is no way to describe this love. It's so powerful.

When you have life, you can weather any storm. You're breathing. You have life.

I'm one of them guys that tries to make everything the best of the best, so sometimes I'm out of control with it. I'm just gonna use every feature to make me outrageous - the best.

The key is to be honest. Be honest, but don't play yourself.

Stay positive but stay focused. Sometimes things can distract you and you don't want to be distracted on the journey to that mountain top.

Each team always has that one power player, even Carmelo. Those are the guys who would represent the logo.

Its so real out here right now, the only reason why you see anything is cuz I got the flash on.

I listen to so much, I listen to a lot of reggae. Obviously I listen to hip-hop, that's what I make. I listen to soul. I love jazz. I love all types of music.

Key to more success is a clean heart and a clean face.

The other day the grass was brown, now its green cuz I ain't give up. Never surrender.

All I do is WIN, WIN, WIN no matter what

[I do] my manicure/pedicure once a week. When I'm on the road, I use the hotel or whoever I call. But in Miami I have my own person.

Every album I make big records. I'm going to always make an anthem. That's what I do.

I did a 22 Days Nutrition program. That's something I know works. Also, do at least an hour of cardio. Eat six meals a day. Meal, snack, meal, snack, meal, snack, meal. Small portions. No carbs, no dairy. You lose it fast and you'll be feeling amazing. It's something that we have to do and discipline ourselves.

I pray everyday. I make sure that my family is OK. I make sure my son is all right.

The key is: never fold.

That's beautiful that you want to expand your music and do different things. Music is so beautiful and powerful.

One of my favorite songs is by Mavado. The song is called "Progress." It's something that I work out to every day. Progress is definitely the answer.

When you have life, [it's] the most graceful, amazing thing to happen.

God has blessed me to see the luxury side of things.

I represent love. That's what I represent.

The key is to have energy.

I didn't make the same song twice, but I definitely made the sequel to it, because everyone would come up to me in the streets saying, "Yo Khaled, make another 'I'm So Hood.' We love that record so much.

I only put good energy out there. You put good energy out there you get energy back.

[To lose twenty pounds] is not even about how much I lose and how fast, it's so much about being healthy.

I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took the dancehall culture and mixed it up with the hip-hop as well. I kept going, going, and I got real hot in the streets of Miami - you know, doing pirate radio - then ended up doing 99 Jamz, the big station out there.

I cut my hair like three times a week. Sometimes more if I'm working, and I know I got to be in front of people with interviews or TV or video. I've been blessed to be so busy.

Those that weather the storm are the great ones.

Bless up. Don't play yourself.

I know that I've been put on this Earth to make people happy, to inspire people, and to uplift people. That's a beautiful thing.

It's a real message. Snapchat has put an antenna [on me] and the whole world has got to see me. You either like it or you don't. I've been blessed with people that like it. Again, I'm just being me. The key is to always be you. That's the key.

The message is every genre, every person, is the real message. Some people just say it in different ways. What I learned today is that not only do I respect you and always have, but I'm also so inspired. I'm so motivated. I really appreciate it.

I think the key is - other icons told me this - you don't have to chase the money. The money is going to chase you. That's part of success. That's part of the blessings.

They'll try to close the door on you... Just open it.

I don't use no cologne, none of that. I just use cocoa butter and that's it. Everything I need is natural besides going to the shower and taking soap and shampoo and conditioner.

I was going to write a book one day and I actually did. To have it is a major accomplishment for me.

The key to more success is coco butter.

All my singles went platinum-plus.All my records and videos were groundbreaking.

You can't write nothing that ain't real.

The key is to enjoy life, because they don't want you to enjoy life.

I will lose twenty pounds like... I can lose ten... I have. I can lose ten in a week and a few days.

Now I'm his dad, I live for [my son]. I have a responsibility. It's a big responsibility.

I don't have no favorite rock bands. I'm a fan of rock music though.

I'm coming to the artist with a smash. I'm like, "Yo this is a smash. We've got to go in."

I'm officially going back to eating clean and my daily work out.

The minute I leave my house - that is where I feel safe - I'm immediately in the jungle. The key is to survive through the cold world.

So important to keep the pathway of success clean.

Love is the key. Giving your children joy and happiness...when you give it to them, you will receive it as well.

I've know Jeezy before he was Jeezy. I've been down with Cash Money from back in the day. So these are real relationships. I'm there for them and they're there for me. And they know if I'm going to make a record with somebody, I'm gonna hit a home run.

For instance, I'm in Beverly Hills right now at a hotel. I told myself, "Man, it's so beautiful out here. If I ever moved to L.A., I would probably want to buy a house in Beverly Hills." The thing is, once I leave Beverly Hills, [I realize] there's no bodegas in Beverly Hills. Once I leave L.A. and go back to Miami or if I go visit New York, it's like, "Oh man, there's the bodega." What I'm saying is that you can't forget the reality. Sometimes people take success and forget about reality.

The reason why I praise the lion is because the lion is the king of the jungle.

We go hard. In everything we do we're going to accomplish our victory and our goal. If it takes a day, a year, or 20 years, we're going to win. I haven't taken a loss because everything I've done has been a working process to win. From being a kid on them turntables to becoming where I am is not a loss. It's a blessing.

I can move any crowd.

Don't fall for the trap. Stay focused. It's about staying focused but at the same time God is the greatest, pray it up.

The key to success is to stay clean at all times.

Some people out there don't have life.

I try to just focus on the love and my family. That's what I'm focussed on every single day.

I just didn't wanna put the pressure on myself to be in there [Def Jam South] to work as an artist and to have the hat as the executive with other projects.

I know there are certain things that I just can't win.

They never said winning was easy.

If you think of something negative and you keep it in your head, you are going to actually live that. Now, if you think of something great and positive and joyful, you're going to actually live that. You've got to be careful what you put in your head. Basically, I'll call that: "Don't ever play yourself."

They don't want you to wear the Saint Lauren fur, they don't want you to break App Store, they don't want you to be the biggest boss in the game. So what we go'n do is we go'n win more.