Kanye West Quotes
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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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Whenever you get deja vu that means you're on the right path. I get it, like, more than ten times a year.
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I didn't want to play it boring and safe. I also didn't want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they're even scarier than first ones.
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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 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’m just giving of my body on the stage and putting my life at risk, literally. ... And I think about it. I think about my family and I’m like, wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.
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I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'
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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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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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The music and the clothing are just as important. That's what makes you hiphop. You show people that you're hiphop by what you wear.
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Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.
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I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.
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I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
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When I say 'Clean water was only served to the fairer skin,' what I'm saying is we're making product with chitlins. T-shirts! That's the most we can make.
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I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.
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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
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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 can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.
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Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe
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So I can go and let out everything that I feel about every bogus weekly cover, every single bogus skit, every single rumor and barber shop-everything that people feel is ok to treat celebrities like zoo animals, or act like what they're saying is not serious, or their lives are not serious or their dreams are not serious.
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I am not a fan of books.
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I sent a girl a picture of my d - k. I don't know what it is with females. But I'm not too good with that s - t.
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I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.”
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Any woman that you're in love with or that loves you is going to command a certain amount of, you know, energy. It's actually easier to focus, in some ways.