DJ Khaled Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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

Have faith in God. Stay focused.

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.

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."

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

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

Mind my own business.

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.

[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.

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

Bless up. Don't play yourself.

They dont want you to exercise.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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