Kanye West Quotes
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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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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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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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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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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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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'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 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'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 don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.
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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 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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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 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 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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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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In the night, I hear 'em talk. Coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul.
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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
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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.