Kanye West Quotes

Most rappers taste level ain't at my waist level. Turn up the bass 'til it's up in your face level.

I know I'm the most influential.

You ain't never seen nothing crazier than this n - -a when he off his Lexapro.

One thing that I like to do is use words that have never actually been used in a rap song before. I also like to take words that have negative connotations and show their real meaning.

The media crucify me like they did Christ.

I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to understand what happens in rap.

The amount of people who talk about guns, versus who actually uses them, is not even close in this millennium.

People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie. Film schools don't have anything against movies with violence.

You have the power to let power go

I always want to be the best at whatever I'm attempting to do.

I wake up every day trying to give something back to you that you can rock to and be proud of.

I am a pop artist, so my medium is public opinion and the world is my canvas.

I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad.

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.

I feed the branches of the people.

A lot of artists have a lot of different ventures, I think it's typical for a hip hop artist, at this point, to have a bunch of different ventures.

I want to be remembered for making great music and doing great things for people.

It's motivation. Some people are gifted at specific things, but I had to develop. The thing I'm most talented at is the ability to learn.

I got a long road ahead of me to make people believe i'm not actually a huge douche...

I'm gonna be the first hip-hop designer and because of that, I'm gonna be bigger than Walmart.

Well, I just don't want to talk to America about my family. Like, this is my baby. This isn't America's baby.

The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous. But I've put myself in a lot of places where a vain person wouldn't put themselves in. Like what's vanity about wearing a kilt?

I'm the rap version of Dave Chappelle. I'm not sayin' I'm nearly as talented as Chappelle when it comes to political and social commentary, but like him, I'm laughing to keep from crying.

I'm my favorite rapper.

If you can do it better than me, then you do it.

The only luxury is time. The time you get to spend with your family.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

I'm typing so f-ing hard I might break my f-ing Mac book Air!!!!!!!!

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.

Yeah, I think that I have like, faltered, you know, as a human. My message isn’t perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.

People want fame and I would never tell a person to not want that, because it's f--ing awesome. Actually.

Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better colour.

She [Kim Kardashian] was always my muse, now she's become other designers' muses.

I used to have insecurity about my finances, then I announced that I had debt, and now I don't have any insecurities.

Kris [Jenner] and the family, they have the power of communication. This is the number one communications company.

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.

I try to deliver because I don't believe that people are deliverin' the same quality of albums.

My favorite body part of Kim's: heart.

My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

I just needed time alone with my own thoughtsGot treasures in my mind but couldn’t open up my own vault

Love is cursed by monogamy

Our work is never over.

I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

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.

You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.