Wiz Quotes

• The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Names, People, Age

  "Wiz Khalifa on fame, love and being a rock star". Interview With Gavin Godfrey, www.indianapolisrecorder.com. September 23, 2011.

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• You know when people say, 'How do you go from Kanye to Wiz Khalifa - that's a downgrade.' But the only question I can ask them is: 'Have you ever dated Kanye? Because I have, and believe me, I did not downgrade at all. Not in any aspect, at all.'

  Amber Rose

  Believe, People, Aspect

  "Amber Rose Back With Kanye? Compares 'Ye To Wiz In Interview". KING Magazine Interview, www.mtv.com. May 11, 2011.

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• I know like the Wiz Khalifah one, got me excited because I like his music, and its almost like you know I can relate to his music, so I feel like dang if he listens to my stuff and thought it was good then maybe I'm as good as him, you know what I mean?

  Jhene Aiko

  Mean, Stuff, Excited

  Source: earstyle.net

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• [Best original song nomination in 2016] should be Wiz Khalifa for "See You Again," but this is an amazing song and it's easily the biggest song out of any of the songs nominated. It was a huge hit. And really, I'm just happy for Weeknd as a person.

  Bun B

  Song, Nominations, Should

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• Free food!" mumbled Hamilton, his mouth full. "No wonder you're rich. You don't have to pay for anything." "Since when is it free?" Jonah demanded. "If I don't leave a big tip, it'll be all over Europe that the Wiz is a cheapskate! They'll seat me behind the sound-man from the penguin movie at the Oscars!

  Gordon Korman

  Men, Europe, Sound

  Gordon Korman, Scholastic Multi-Platform, (2011). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot”, p.99, Scholastic Inc.

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• Almost said 'theater'! But I know the blacks don't go! Unless it's that My Arms Are Too Short To Box With God production. Or The Wiz.

  Jimmy Pardo

  Arms, Too Short, Boxes

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• Roll big blunts, a whole ounce of reefer
  Rocked that 'Black and Yellow' before Wiz Khalifa
  It's a killer bee color scheme

  Ghostface Killah

  Rap, Color, Yellow

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• Oh, no-" They weren't even on the runway, and Jonah's father was already immersed in his BlackBerry. "Remember those 'Live Large with the Wiz Generation' posters? Well, guess how that translates into Chinese- 'Jonah Wizard Makes Your Ancestors Fat'.

  Gordon Korman

  Father, Chinese, Generations

  Gordon Korman (2010). “The Emperor's Code”, p.112, Scholastic Inc.

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• Wisdom is not the domain of the Wiz.

  Frank Zappa

  Domain, Adages

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• My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana Ross on it. I even took it to show and tell in third grade!

  Jill Scott

  Records, Firsts, Influence

  Interview with James Walsh, www.mtv.co.uk. June 27, 2012.

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• I didn't like The Wiz and it wasn't because black people were doing it. I didn't like The Wiz because it was a badly made movie off a classic. Why are you remaking something unless you have something better in mind?

  Harry Belafonte

  People, Black, Mind

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• It has no color to it. If you can rap good, you can rap good. I look at Mac Miller, who’s one of my homies, and I look at Wiz Khalifa, who’s one of my homies, and I don’t look at Mac different because he’s white. He’s my homie.

  Big Sean

  Rap, Color, White

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