Kanye West Quotes

“If you’re a Kanye West fan, you’re not a fan of me, you’re a fan of yourself. You will believe in yourself. I’m just the espresso.”

“Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?”

“I have decided in 2020 to run for president.”

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

“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.”

“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 feel like it's almost a Renaissance thing, a painting, a modern version of a painting. I think it's important for Kim [Kardashian] to have her figure. To not show it would be like Adele not singing.”

“I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine / This little light of mine, I'm feelin' let it shine / I'm feelin' take y'all back to them better times/ I'm feelin' talk about my mama if y'all don't mind”

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

“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.”

“When I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them.”

“I don't use blue. I don't like it. It bugs me out. I hate it.”

“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.”

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

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

“I don't like walking around with people thinking I'm doing uncool s--, because there's nothing I'm doing that's uncool. It's all innovative. You just might not understand it yet. But it's cool. Family is super cool. Going home to one girl every night is super cool. Just going home and getting on the floor and playing with your child is super cool. Not wearing a red leather jacket, and just looking like a dad and s--, is like super cool. Having someone that I can call Mom again. That s-- is super cool.”

“"[My Beautiful] Dark [Twisted] Fantasy" and "Watch the Throne": neither was nominated for Album of the Year, and I made both of those in one year. I don't know if this is statistically right, but I'm assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person. But the thing is, I don't care about the Grammys; I just would like for the statistics to be more accurate.”

“If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.”

“Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory. Sh*t is real.”

“As a man I am flawed, but my music is perfect.”

“I will spark a generation of thinkers who will question traditional thought until they find the absolute truth.”

“I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.”

“If you have power, you have to empower.”

“Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality - they don't feel that they have the right to speak as loud as possible.”