"I've been connected to the most culturally..." - Quote by Kanye West

“To be a visionary, all you have to do is make decisions based off of your eyes instead of your ears and your memory.”

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

“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.”

“The kind of person other people perceive you to be controls their responses to you.”

“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness”

“Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.”

“I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about, and she's got everything that I have to live without... He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar, the only one who's got enough of me to break my heart. He's the song in the car I keep singing; don't know why I do.”

“I would like to be remembered as a man who brought an innovation to popular singing.”

“The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always . . . first. Not belittling the music, but it really is a backdrop. To convey the meaning of a song you need to look at the lyric and understand it.”