Kanye West

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

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

“I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips.”

“I wouldn't even say that I'm a rapper. I'd say I'm more of a messenger.”

“The prettiest people do the ugliest things.”

“In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28.”

“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.”

“We are the creatives with teeth. We know ideas are more important than our personal wellbeing.”

“I'm a blowfish. I'm not a shark, I'm a blowfish.”

“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.”

“People always try to box you in to what they know you best for.”

“When we die, the money we can't keep, But we probably spend it all 'cause the pain ain't cheap...”

“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.”

“I'm a human being. I've got opinions, I'm not always right, I'm not always on time, I don't always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure.”

“I think that people don't make the most of their lives. So, you know, for me, it seems like it's the beginning of me rattling the cage, of making some people nervous. And people are strategically trying to do things to mute my voice in some way or make me look like I'm a lunatic or pinpoint the inaccuracies in my grammar to somehow take away from the overall message of what I'm saying.”

“Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you're in, you're gonna worry about raising kids. But it's champagne problems, too. There are people who can't feed their kids.”

“I can't be a slave to the machine, you feel like you're in the matrix.”

“My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater. That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone in the past that has done so much, and in your life you’re not even allowed to think that you can do as much. That’s a mentality that suppresses humanity.”

“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?”

“For me giving up is way harder than trying.”

“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.”

“I understand culture. I am the nucleus.”

“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.”

“If I don't win, the award show loses credibility.”

“I'm living three dreams:Biggie Smalls', Dr. King, Rodney King's.Cause we can't get along, no resolution?'Til we drown all these haters...Rest in peace to Whitney Houston”

“People say I've got a bad reputation. I think I've got the best reputation in the building.”

“If y'all fresh to death, then I'm deceased.”

“We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.”

“I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye, Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye, I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye, The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye...”

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

“I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory.”

“If everything I did failed - which it doesn't, it actually succeeds - just the fact that I'm willing to fail is an inspiration. People are so scared to lose that they don't even try. Like, one thing people can't say is that I'm not trying, and not I'm not trying my hardest, and I'm not trying to do the best way I know how.”

“Man… ninjas are kind of cool… I just don’t know any personally.”

“People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!”

“Every time I say something that's extremely truthful out loud, it literally breaks the Internet.”

“For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.”

“I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible.”

“I've been saying how I feel at the wrong time.”

“I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.”

“People will have a problem with whatever you do. At the end of the day, nobody can determine what you need to do in order to be successful and why would you listen to someone who is not successful tell you what you need to do?”

“If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.”

“I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.”

“What happens if a drone falls right next to her?”

“Look, I can be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and I am. I can have the most beautiful little daughter in the world, and I have that. But I’m nothing if I can’t be me. If I can’t be true to myself, they don’t mean anything.”

“Even a broke clock is right twice a day”

“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.”

“I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear.”

“There's a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.”

“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.”

“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”