Kanye West Quotes
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.
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I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.
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I get to represent somebody I don't think is getting represented right now. The regular dude: the guy who believes in God but still likes pussy.
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I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.
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In the night, I hear 'em talk. Coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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I've had meetings where a guy actually told me, "What we're trying to figure out is how we can control you." In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me?
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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.
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I open the debate… The 2nd verse of New Slaves is the best rap verse of all time….meaning … OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC, PERIOD
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It's like this, by not giving my album a classic rating, you diminish your magazine's credibility. And that's real.
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Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.
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I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.