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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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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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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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Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.
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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 am not a fan of books.
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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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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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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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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
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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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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 can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.
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I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.
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I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
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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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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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Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go.
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I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007.
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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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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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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 believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.
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