Best Kanye West Quotes & Sayings

I used to have the Virgin music [stores], and I would go there and just go up the escalator and say to myself, 'I'm soaking in these last moments of anonymity.' I knew I was going to make it this far; I knew that this was going to happen — Kanye West

People who mock rap and say, "I don't like it" should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping, or Marshall, Eminem, when he's in the studio. It's a phenomenon. Don't knock it until you've seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don't ridicule it. — Elton John

I understand culture. I am the nucleus. — Kanye West

I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear. — Kanye West

Money is not my definition of success; inspiring people is the definition of success. — Kanye West

People always try to box you in to what they know you best for. — Kanye West

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet. — Kanye West

The things that don't kill me makes me stronger — Kanye West

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. — Kanye West

I wanna make uniforms for my high school basketball team through brand Yeezy. — Kanye West

I always thought that you having my child was our destiny,bt i can't even vibe with you sexually — Kanye West

My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure. — Kanye West

Oh am I late? No, I already graduated
And you can live through anything if Magic made it
They say I talk with so much emphasis
Ooh they so sensitive — Kanye West

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. — Kanye West

Everybody in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Matter of fact, the exact opposite word of 'hip-hop,' I think, is 'gay.' Like yo, you play a record and if it's wack, 'That's gay, dog!' And I wanna just come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it, fam.' — Kanye West

If you know you're the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best. NO EXCEPTIONS — Kanye West

Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'ma let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! — Kanye West

As a hip-hop artist who likes fashion, who can't help but notice people like Kanye West, Tiger, Big Sean and definitely T.I.P. These guys really understand how to be progressive and fashion forward. — B.o.B

What I'm saying is we're making product with chitlins. T-shirts! That's the most we can make. — Kanye West

I'm a let you finish, but the French Revolution had the best severed heads of ALL TIME. — Kanye West

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. — Kanye West

Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre — Robert Hughes

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. — Kanye West

Living well eliminates the need for revenge. — Kanye West

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. — Kanye West

Okay, everyone please be completely quiet, because I can literally hear a whisper, and it'll throw off my stream of consciousness, and when I get my stream of consciousness going that's when I give the best, illest quotes. Literally, a whisper can throw it off. — Kanye West

What if you're Gaudi and you know you're the best architect and everyone is saying that you're saying you're the best architect the wrong way? — Kanye West

You know who's also joining the Wall Street protesters? Kanye West. That's a real good idea
a guy with diamonds in his teeth protesting greed. — David Letterman

It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees - and usually when you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most. — Kanye West

I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refuse to give any politically correct bullshit ass comment. I was the best new artist this year. — Kanye West

I'm a pop enigma. I live and breathe every element in life. I rock a bespoke suit and I go to Harold's for fried chicken. It's all these things at once, because, as a taste maker, I find the best of everything. — Kanye West

Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali. — Dan Hill

People say I've got a bad reputation. I think I've got the best reputation in the building. — Kanye West

I've obliterated three days trying to come up with an elegant way to write what I'm about to write, but I think the least elegant way is probably best: I like Kanye West. — Chuck Klosterman

People don't stand up and protect their dreams because they get spoofed in a way. — Kanye West

50 is Eminem's favourite rapper ... I'm my favourite rapper. — Kanye West

Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile
except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government. — Ian Svenonius

All I really want is a beat from Kanye West. I've met him, and I think he's real cool with us. If I get that beat, I'm going to rap the best verse I ever dropped - even if it's his worst beat. — Domo Genesis

And if you fall on the concrete, that's your ass fault — Kanye West

I love these dudes, but I don't know what they're doing with all that facial hair these days. There's a lot of peach fuzz going on. They called me up to go to a Kanye West concert, and I was like 'hold on I'll call Kanye.' So I called him and they got into the show, and I called Kanye later and said, 'Yo did you see my dudes from Panic! at the show?' and he was like 'Nah they mst not have been dressed like they were from the 1700's'. But I back them. They have their own unique style, which is cool. — Pete Wentz

My life is dope and I do dope shit. — Kanye West

According to some reports coming out of Washington today, President Obama said Kanye West is a 'jackass.' Not since 'yes, we can' has Obama found a slogan so many Americans can get behind. — Conan O'Brien

The only luxury is time. The time you get to spend with your family. — Kanye West

We gonna touch the sky — Kanye West

The plan was,we drink untill the pain is over but whats worse,the pain or the hangover? — Kanye West

In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great? — Kanye West

homie I'm graduated — Kanye West

Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands. — Kanye West

I have this table in my new house. They put this table in without asking. It was some weird nouveau riche marble table, and I hated it. But it was literally so heavy that it took a crane to move it. We would try to set up different things around it, but it never really worked. I realized that table was my ego. No matter what you put around it, under it, no matter who photographed it, the douchebaggery would always come through. — Kanye West

God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down — Kanye West

I walk through the hotel, and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I'm f***ing insane, like I'm Hitler. One day the light will shine through, and one day people will understand everything I ever did. — Kanye West

What happens if a drone falls right next to her? — Kanye West

Taste and style is beyond clothes. It's in food; it's in quality. Working out, healthy bodies, organic food-they're all part of the same thing. — Kanye West

The dinosaurs aren't remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity's gone, what do we give to this little planet that we're on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride? — Kanye West

In the night, I hear 'em talk. Coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul. — Kanye West

I'm Kan, the Louis Vouitton don / Bought my mom purse, now she Louis Vuitton mom / I didn't play the hand I was dealt I changed my cards / I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars / I went to the malls and I balled too hard / Oh My God is that a Black card / I turned around and replied why yes, but I prefer the term African American Express — Kanye West

I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers. — Kanye West

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud. — Kanye West