Kanye West Quotes
I was on the junior team when I was a freshman, that’s how good I was. But I wasn’t on my eighth-grade team, because some coach - some Grammy, some reviewer, some fashion person, some blah blah blah - they’re all the same as that coach.
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Part of what I have to represent is an alternative to this perverted fashion industry concept of what beauty is.
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My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.
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I was on the junior team when I was a freshman, that’s how good I was. But I wasn’t on my eighth-grade team, because some coach - some Grammy, some reviewer, some fashion person, some blah blah blah - they’re all the same as that coach.
