Certainly! Here are 20 quotes from Kanye West:
- “I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.”
- “My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”
- “Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.”
- “I liberate minds with my music. That’s more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.”
- “People always tell you, ‘Be humble. Be humble.’ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!”
- “I’m like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.”
- “I’m a creative genius, and there’s no other way to word it.”
- “I’m doing pretty good as far as geniuses go… I’m like a machine. I’m a robot. You cannot offend a robot.”
- “I’m going down as a legend, whether or not you like me or not. I am the new Jim Morrison. I am the new Kurt Cobain.”
- “I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.”
- “I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.”
- “I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade. I will be the loudest voice.”
- “People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‘Cause think of all the people that you will please if you try.”
- “The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, ‘What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?’”
- “My music isn’t just music—it’s medicine.”
- “I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.”
- “I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.”
- “I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.”
- “For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.”
- “I’m like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.”
- “We have the resources as a civilisation to make a utopia, but we’re led by the most greedy and the least noble.”
- “I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars because I got the answers. I understand culture. I am the nucleus.”
- “I don’t know what’s better, gettin’ laid or gettin’ paid.”
- “I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph.”
- “I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.”
- “I’m my favorite rapper.”
- “Come on now! How could you be me and want to be someone else?”
- “You’ve got to be really dialed into exactly who you are to the one hundredth power or you’re just everyone else.”
- “I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”
- “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.”
- “I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.”
- “When someone comes up and says something like, ‘I am a God,’ everybody says, ‘Who does he think he is?’ I just told you who I thought I was. A God. I just told you. That’s who I think I am.”
- “I have to dress Kim everyday so she doesn’t embarrass me.”
- “I’m the closest that hip-hop is getting to God.”
- “I’m like Howard Hughes. I’m like David Stern. I’m like Steve Jobs. If anything, that’s a compliment.”
- “I’m not comfortable with comfort.”
- “I’ll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.”
- “I’m just the espresso. I’m just the shot in the morning to get you going.”
- “I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.”
- “I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.”
- “I’m not trying to regurgitate myself. I showed people that I understand how to make perfect. You know, ‘Dark Fantasy’ could be considered to be perfect. I think Twisted Fantasy is almost perfect.”
- “I’m like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.”
- “I am the number one human being in music. That means any person that’s living or breathing is number two.”
- “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.”
Kanye West is known for his boldness, creativity, and unapologetic self-expression. These quotes capture some of his most memorable thoughts and statements.