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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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 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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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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George Bush doesn't care about black people.
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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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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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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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I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.
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The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?'
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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 don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.
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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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It's so hard to do fittings [for Yeezy] because we want to do things that are inspiring, that people could look at and say, "Wow, I like that color palette, I could put that together." And there are so many images of things that it's almost impossible to have your clothes go up against the amount you're seeing and carry it into one language.
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But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.
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I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.
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This dark diction has become America's addiction.
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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 will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.
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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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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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I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.