Kanye West Quotes

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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.

    "Behind Kanye’s Mask". Interview with Jon Caramanica, www.nytimes.com. June 11, 2013.
  • You can't look at a glass half full or empty if it's overflowing.

    "Kanye West: The Best Tweeter Of All Time". www.mtv.com. August 12, 2010.
  • I'm like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.

    "FADER 58: Kanye West Cover Story and Interview". Interview with Peter Macia, www.thefader.com. November 25, 2008.
  • People always try to box you in to what they know you best for.

    "Kanye West to L.A. Trade-School Grads: It's a 'Tough World' When You're 'the Absolute Best'" by Jocelyn Vena, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 30, 2015.
  • Fashion breaks my heart.

  • Talkin', talkin, talkin', talk. Baby, let's just knock it off. They don't know what we been through. They don't know 'bout me and you.

    Song: Heartless Vh1 Storytellers
  • I've been outta my mind a long time.

    Source: www.nydailynews.com
  • 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.

    Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
  • I'm not going to sit inside of a corporation for 20 years. The time is now. The time is now to express yourself. The time is now to believe in yourself.

  • I just close my eyes and act like I'm a 3-year-old. I try to get as close to a childlike level as possible because we were all artists back then. So you just close your eyes and think back to when you were as young as you can remember and had the least barriers to your creativity.

    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • For the person that wrote that, were they involved with anything last year that was as culturally significant as the Yeezus tour or that album? ... The bar was terrible, and the wedding planner didn't approve it with me. I was having issues with this wedding planner the entire time on approvals, and I get there and they threw some weird plastic bar there.

    "Kanye West: A Brand-New Ye". Interview with Zach Baron, www.gq.com. July 20, 2014.
  • I don’t like facts, because facts get in the way of my feelings.

    "Op-Ed: Can't We Just Listen?" by Chris A. Rockaway, pitchfork.com. March 3, 2015.
  • Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory. Sh*t is real.

  • This is my life homie, you decide yours

    Song: Can't Tell Me Nothing, Album: Graduation, 2007
  • 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.

    "Kanye West at Oxford: The Top 7 Quotes From the Rapper" by Michael Rothman, March 3, 2015.
  • Got a light skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson, Got a dark skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson.

    Song: Slow Jamz, Album: The College Dropout, 2004
  • I've known my mom since I was zero years old. She is quite dope.

  • My favorite body part of Kim's: heart.

    Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
  • I could never be in a situation with a job where I was not allowed to listen to music all day. I would rather work at a fast food restaurant where I could turn on the radio all day rather than be in a situation where I have to sneak and listen to music.

  • I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

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

    Source: djbooth.net
  • Fur pillows are actually hard to sleep on.

    "Barney Frank: The Comedian's Politician". "Ask Me Another" with Ophira Eisenberg, www.npr.org. May 10, 2013.
  • I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.”

    "Behind Kanye’s Mask". Interview with Jon Caramanica, www.nytimes.com. June 11, 2013.
  • Having a Rolex or a Benz is not something that actually represents your success because there’s always something more expensive to buy. Success is really being able to do things for others as well as the people around you and yourself.

    "Yeezy Literally Taught Me: A Student From the Graphic Design Class Kanye West Taught Describes the Experience". Interview with James Harris, www.complex.com. September 23, 2014.
  • Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands.

  • Nothing in life is promised except death.

    "The Flash". www.imdb.com. 2014 - ....
  • 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.

    "Thirty Seconds To Mars' 'City Of Angels' Vid: Kanye, Lindsay, More Show Love To L.A." by Brenna Ehrlich, www.mtv.com. October 29, 2013.
  • No one man should have all that power.

    Song: Power, Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010
  • Fur pillows are hard to actually sleep on.

    Song: Jimmy Kimmel Interview Pt. 1, 2013
  • ...I'm not going to be able to make things that I can call Kanye West just by making T-shirts.

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    Kanye West

    • Born: June 8, 1977
    • Died: June 4, 2015
    • Occupation: Songwriter