Kanye West Quotes
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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 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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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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In the night, I hear 'em talk. Coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul.
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It wasn't until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write "All Falls Down" in 15 minutes.
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Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go.
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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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I spent two of my checks in telemarketing when I was 18 years old on my first pair of Gucci slippers, and this was before H&M and Zara. You couldn't just find cool stuff growing up, and for me, I care about cool stuff, it means a lot to me and people like me.
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People say it takes a village to raise a child. People ask me how my daughter is doing. She’s only doing good if your daughter’s doing good. We’re all one family.
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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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People in this world shun people for being great, for being a bright color, for standing out. But the time is now, to be OK with being the greatest you.
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Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?
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You ain't got the answers Sway!
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I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it's like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z.
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I can be vilified. I can be misunderstood. I didn't come here to be liked. I came here to make a difference.
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Both this song ['Black Skinhead'], 'I Am a God' and this song were made after Hedi Slimane didn't let me into his first Saint Laurent show.
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I hope we don't see no paparazzi today. Because I'm still getting acquainted with these jogging pants I threw on. Like, 'That's not my statement!'
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I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers.
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I know I've been called the Louis Vuitton Don ... I've been called a lot of names ... Due to what happened, so severely, when the red shoes hit the runway, I was forced to change my name to Martin Louis Vuitton the King, Jr. Address me as such.
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I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.
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I need the information and then I can go. So, as long as I have the information and a little bit of sleep, I can do the rest.
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Keep rockin', and keep knockin' Whether you Louis Vuitton it up or Reebokin' You see the hate, that they're servin' on a platter So what we gon' have, dessert or disaster?
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This album is moments that I haven't done before, like just my voice and drums. What people call a rant - but put it next to just a drumbeat, and it cuts to the level of, like, Run-D.M.C. or KRS-One.
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I spent 80% of my time working on this, and 20% of my time working on music. Why do you think the song 'Niggas in Paris' is called 'Niggas in Paris?' 'Cause niggas was in Paris!