"People asked me to change my name..." - Quote by Kanye West
People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.
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“I will spark a generation of thinkers who will question traditional thought until they find the absolute truth.”
“Time is the only luxury. It's the only thing you can't get back. If you lose your luggage - I'm not gonna say the obvious brand of luggage that I'd normally say because I've got a meeting with them soon - if you lose your expensive luggage at the airport, you can get that back. You can't get the time back.”
“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.”
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“When a man talks from his heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry.”
“Humans are very seldom either totally sincere or totally hypocritical. Their moods change, their motives are mixed, and they are often quite mistaken as to what their motives are.”
“On your daily journeys, listen to those inner signals that help you make the right choices no matter what anyone thinks.”
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“I'm not a corny-ass booty freak! I'm the greatest musician of all-time.”
“That's the choice they allow you - now the outlet is being a pop star, which is really what I'm saying on the album in 'Working class hero'. As I told Rolling Stone, it's the same people who have the power, the class system didn't change one little bit.”
“Why should The Beatles give more? Didn't they give everything on God's earth for ten years? Didn't they give themselves?”