Kanye West Quotes

Oh am I late? No, I already graduated And you can live through anything if Magic made it They say I talk with so much emphasis Ooh they so sensitive

I love [my father] so much with all my heart and my soul with every bone in my body I love him so much because he's done so much for me.

I'm a minimalist in a rapper's body.

We're not always in the position that we want to be at. We're constantly growing, we're constantly making mistakes, we're constantly trying to express ourselves and trying to actualize our dreams.

To be a visionary, all you have to do is make decisions based off of your eyes instead of your ears and your memory.

I don't particularly like photos of myself, though.

The dinosaurs aren't remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity's gone, what do we give to this little planet that we're on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride?

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

Like, this is my baby. This isn't America's baby.

Like, I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness! Why would you want to control that?

I could still do a suit, I just wouldn't have done that exact lapel situation.

The dinosaurs are remember only by their bones. What will we be remembered for with humanity?

You have to think like a designer. You have to establish the trend four seasons before it becomes popular.

[I want to build] the biggest apparel company in human history.

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliché for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well.

[My favourite song is] "All Along the Watchtower." The Jimi Hendrix cover.

An artist's career doesn't happen in the cycle of one week of news. An artist's career happens in a lifetime, and if you're a true artist you're willing to die for what you believe in.

Racism is still alive they just be concealing it

I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

People let their frustrations out on me. I love Kanye West. They say the opposite of that. But I'm not going to say that. I'm only going to say what I'm want to put into the universe.

Fusion is the future. The mixing of ideas. The two lunch tables working together. Humanity...we're 1 people.

My attitude is tattooed that means it's permanent

Everyone's born confident, and everything's taken away from you.

I can be vilified. I can be misunderstood. I didn't come here to be liked. I came here to make a difference.

I want to dress like a child as much as possible.

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.

Everybody gon' say something. I'd be worried if they said nothing.

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.

Sometimes I feel the music is the only medicine.

Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands.

The hardest thing [for me] is to 'just' agree, and that is what sparks creativity, the feeling that something can be better, the feeling that something's missing, the feeling that something's needed.

You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

If you're making a time capsule you have to throw my album in there.

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.

The way Kathy Lee needs Regis, that's the way I need Jesus.

If you a Kanye West fan, you a fan of yourself.

I'm a mix of a 14-year-old high schooler and a 60-year-old guy. It can never fall into the 30s or the 40s. It has to be 100 percent 60 or 100 percent 14, no in between.

First rule in this world baby... don't believe ANYTHING you see on the news.

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?

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.

They classify my motivational speeches as rants...

I feel like now I have an amazing wife, a super smart child and the opportunity to create in two major fields. Before I had those outlets, my ego was all I had.

People don't stand up and protect their dreams because they get spoofed in a way.

Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all.

I will die for the art & what I believe in. The art ain't always gon' be polite.

I think my sense of humor is really dark and super twisted and stuff like that. It's like, "Is this a funny joke for real? Or am I just rich?" See? That was funny.

I think there are school teachers who are on the exact same mission as me.

I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music.

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.