It's always good to be recognized being the best new cat and then when I hold down my position and stay in the game for a minute, I want to see what kind of (expletive) I'm winning then.

The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.

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

I believe that you go through your past and you learn what you learn for whatever reason. I'm just glad I'm not making fifteen-year-old mistakes at twenty-six - I got that out of the way.

I started writing songs when I was eight.

Don't ever let a guy make you feel ugly, cause no matter what... you're beautiful with him or without him.

'Khalifa' is Arabic, it means successor, leader, shining light. My granddad is Muslim and he gave me that name.