DJ Khaled Quotes & Sayings

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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

So important to keep the pathway of success clean. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

All I do is WIN, WIN, WIN no matter what — DJ Khaled

It's simple: Give thanks and use Dove. — DJ Khaled

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

The key is to make it. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

We have to get money. We have no choice. It cost money to eat. — DJ Khaled

To succeed, you must believe. When you believe, you will succeed. — DJ Khaled

They never said winning was easy. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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? — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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

The key to more success is coco butter. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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

Almond milk + cinnamon crunch = major key to success. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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." — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

The key to success is to stay clean at all times. — DJ Khaled

There will be roadblocks but we will overcome them. — DJ Khaled

They dont want you to exercise. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

My fans expect me to be great and keep being great. — DJ Khaled

Give thanks to the most high. — DJ Khaled

Always have Faith. Always have Hope. — DJ Khaled

I can deal with everything. I got the answer for anything. — DJ Khaled

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

I don't want no problems. I don't want to know problems. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

The key is to have energy. — DJ Khaled

Bless up. Don't play yourself. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

The key is: never fold. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

Key to more success is a clean heart and a clean face. — DJ Khaled

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

Jet ski and wild noises. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

Working all winter shining all summer — DJ Khaled

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

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. — DJ Khaled

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. — DJ Khaled

Those that weather the storm are the great ones. — DJ Khaled

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

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

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