Ti West Quotes

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.

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.