Put it this way: If I asked, 'How's business?' and you say, 'Boomin' or 'Amazing,' I already know the answer.
I'm gonna go hard no matter what because I gotta feed my family, and I gotta feed myself.
Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.
We can take a 'It was hard to get there.' But we ain't taking no loss. We're going to win.
All my records and videos were groundbreaking.
I feel like people can relate to me because we all go through wins and roadblocks and passion and pain, and it's a vibe.
When my record comes on, you know that's a DJ Khaled record. That's my formula, and the people love it.
Every album, I make big records. I'm going to always make an anthem. That's what I do.
For me to talk with Obama and the conversation I had with him, I was letting him know that me and my fans have a special connection, and it's love, and I believe that love is the answer.
Meeting President Obama was amazing. Very inspiring.
I put together amazing records, whether that's finding the beat or putting the right hook on there, and picking the right artists on the record. That's me being an A&R. And I'm making sure that they give me their best.
Every dollar I made from DJing, I put into my videos, promotion - everything.
I've been a mogul and executive since the beginning of my career. People are just born with that skill.
You gotta understand: I believe a woman should praise the man, the king. If you holding it down for your woman, I feel like the woman should praise. And the man should praise the queen.
Every summer's mine.
I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I've been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.
When it all got taken away, I was becoming a young man. So I had to sacrifice to leave my family... Sleeping in my car, getting an apartment for a month and getting evicted the next month. Staying in the $25, $50 hotels.
I always wanted to have a headphone line but I feel like I'm going to do more than just headphones eventually, but we want to wake the world up right now with this.
When it comes down to my brand, We the Best, we're about the people and whoever is passionate and in love the way I'm in love when it comes down to the headphones I'm promoting.
Even before Snapchat, you go back into my career from Day One or interview people that knew me for 25 years, they're going to tell you I've been DJ Khaled my whole life.
It confuses me and disappoints me when somebody says, 'What does he do? What does he do?' My records are some of the biggest anthems ever. What do you think, they magically just appear? Obama walked out to my record.
Fan Luv is a powerful positive movement. All over the world they come. It's a force of luv.
It feels good being a restaurant owner because it's part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.
I would love to work with Eminem, Dr. Dre. I wish I could have been in the studio with Bob Marley.
I would love to get Rihanna on a Khaled song. That's my friend, but every time I'm around her, I get shy.
I love Chris Brown. He's a superstar. He's one of the best singers out there.
The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.
I love stuff from the Holy Land. It makes me feel blessed.
For a date night with my girlfriend, we go to Zuma for Japanese.
We want justice, but at the same time, we gotta love and come together and bring unity, and I feel it's gonna happen.
My whole life and my whole career, even through my music, I tell people: let's unify; let's show more love.
I want more of my favorite artists or more of the guy that makes the anthems. I want more.
I'm just changing the game because I know what the fans want and the people want 'cause I'm a fan of hip-hop.
Lil Wayne, that's my brother. Birdman, that's family.
A producer gets the whole vision done from top to bottom, to making the record to having the record delivered to the world. That's a producer.
All of my records, I produced, put together completely. All of them. Maybe Drake might come with an idea, and I might finish it. You gotta remember what a producer is. Quincy Jones is a producer.
What's so beautiful about Miami is that we support each other. We're just one big family, not just the entertainers, just everyone in general.
I don't have no favorite rock bands. I'm a fan of rock music, though.
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 can move any crowd.
Everyone I look up to is bringing me into the tech world. You'd be surprised by all the music people in it, invested in it.
I wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin' icon, you're not on the show, you know?
I've always been a fan of the VMAs, and I've always worked hard just to get a ticket to go to the VMAs.
I remember I used to sleep on my records. In a room with no furniture. I remember I used to sleep in my car.
Nicki Minaj, will you marry me?
Jeb Bush, I appreciate you. You a leader. You a Bush.
I don't think I would run for president.
I'm an entrepreneur. I'm a young mogul. I'm blessed.
That's when you know you're the greatest: when you're the greatest, and people still put odds against you.
I'm all about peace. I'm all about unity. I'm all about love.
I want to appeal to everyone. Because I'm not saying I'm the best, but we the best.
I tell myself every day I love my Jacuzzi, I love my marble floors, I love my high ceilings.
I'm not ashamed to say I fear something.
Don't ever play yourself.
A Khaled record is always the best.
I want to lose weight because I want to be focused, meaning healthy.
I'm honored that everybody's inspired off my inspiration.
One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.
If I'm in the 'hood, I like Chef Creole's Haitian rice and stewed chicken.
To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin'.
Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!
Everybody around me had a Snapchat, and I said I would never get on it. I'm still on Instagram, you know? They convinced me to get Snapchat.
I know love is the answer.
At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school - you'll be tested; we gotta pass it.
The new Khaled is enjoying life, man. Because you know what, nobody is going to congratulate you on what you really deserve.
I'm the king of the anthems.
Love to everybody who is out there progressing and taking things to the next level.
Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.
I remember they used to tell me, they said, 'Khaled, you can't get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.' So I went and bought a Phantom.
Love is the most powerful thing in the world, and you know, what love brings is joy.
At the end of the day, I pray for the best.
I love having an unlimited supply of cocoa butter.
Basically, I'm one of the greatest producers ever. And I'm also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I'm also one of the best executives ever.
No one ever told me I should eat egg whites or drink a gallon of water each day.
I'm definitely gaining new fans, and that's the key of any success... gain more love.
The thing is that what you see on Snapchat, that's DJ Khaled. That's Khaled for real. That's Khaled.
Nicki Minaj, I'm at MTV. I'm going to be honest with you: I love you. I like you. I want you; I want you to be mine. Only reason I'm not telling you this face to face is because I understand that you're busy.
I always make my dreams into goals.
It's safe to say headphones is a good business.
People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.
I put cocoa butter all over my face and my iconic belly and my arms and legs. Why live rough? Live smooth.
We all want to win more, but it's all about being blessed and embracing your blessings. We have life.
I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.
'They' are the people that don't believe in you, that say that you won't succeed. We stay away from 'They.'
You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you.
Fresh sneakers are important on a man. It's like a new pair of boxers or a new pair of socks.
I've been blessed to be somebody that's been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it's all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I'm saying, and it feels good 'cause it's good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.
Sometimes, you might meet somebody that you love that's turning into a 'they.' My key is invite them to Miami and take them to the ocean and let them jump off the boat in the ocean, on the sand bar, and cleanse off and pray and then go take a shower, and hopefully the 'they' is out of you.
'They' is... stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of 'they.' You might have a personal 'they.' They against you; they want you broken and miserable. They don't like winners; they don't like people who's blessed. So everybody's got a different 'they.'
I feel real good because it's about representing the young world and how to uplift each other and how to push us to be greater and make sure we don't fall or get trapped or get in trouble, you know what I mean. Stay focused, you know what I mean.
Basically what I'm trying to tell you is that it's almost impossible to drive a jet ski at night time unless you're in a city with lights lit up so you can navigate. Besides being pitch black, that water turn black at night. Listen, I don't recommend it.
Imagine your family finally making it from nothing to something, and finally getting things going, and finally buying a beautiful house and taking care of your children - and the next day, it's completely all gone. Zero. Boom. Flat broke. So that's when I had to man up.
I put out tapes, but I always kept saying, 'Why am I putting all this energy into these tapes?' I was like, 'I'd rather make just an album because I have a vision; I know how I want to do my records.' I always felt like an artist as well.
When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don't think they're teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who's saying that - a guy who was 300 pounds - but I'm doing a lot better than I used to. I'm letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.
