Kanye West Quotes

Now that you're gone, it hit us, super hard on Thanksgiving and Chrismas, this can't be right, yo you heard the track I did called this can't be life

Turn that 62 to 125, 125 to 250, 250 to half a million, ain't nothing nobody can do with me.

We headed to hell for heaven sakes, well Imma levitate...make the devil wait.

This one Corbusier lamp was like, my greatest inspiration ... I'm a minimalist in a rapper's body.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

Whenever y'all are in the store from and y'all are trying to decide whether or not to get something, think if you saw me wear it before or not, and if I have, then it's okay.

I wanna make uniforms for my high school basketball team through brand Yeezy.

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

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.

I knew when I wrote the line “light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson” [from the song “Slow Jamz"] I was going to be a big star.

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.

Take your diamonds and throw em up like you're bulimic. Yeah, the beat cold, but the flow is anemic.

I am a black new wave artist.

You have to be able to swim in backlash.

Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'ma let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

Clothing should be like food. There should never be a $5000 sweater. You know what should cost $5000? A car.

Maybe 90 percent of the time it looks like I'm not having a good time.

I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.”

..my music isn't just music- its medicine.

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.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

They say ya additude determines ya laditude.

My Caps Lock Key Is Loud!

I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately.That's just a warning. To everyone.

Nothing is promised in life except death.

We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom, We buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need them, Things we buy to cover up what's inside.

Slavery is more mental than anything

Everything in the world is exactly the same.

I'm a champion, so I turn tragedy to triumph.

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.

Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermes factory. Sh*t is real. You're not going to find a chink. It's 100,000 per cent Jimi Hendrix.

You tellin' me people don't look at Kanye West like the Glitch.

It's only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It's only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That's all it is.

Every interview I'm representing you making you proud. Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud.

I looked at Justin, and I was like: “Do you want me to go onstage for you?"

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe

I'm really happy I'm me because if I wasn't I'd be scared. If you want that Number One spot you need to listen to my album and try to beat it.

Kim's [Kardashian] just a funny person in general.

As a man I am flawed, but my music is perfect.

People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.

I told God I'd be back in a second. Man it's so hard not to act reckless.

I eventually want to be the anchor of the first trillion-dollar company.

In the night, I hear 'em talk. Coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul.

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.

I'm a heaven sent instrument. My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental. That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations is what I'm into.

We rappers are role models.

I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless 'Till I see a picture of a shorty armless

I just had a responsibility to [Taylor Swift] as a friend you know, and I mean thanks for being so cool about it.

People know I'm smart. And people know that, whether it's SNL or Jimmy Kimmel, it's a trend to take the piss out of celebrity -- just as much of a trend as wearing a gray hoodie or driving a Prius.