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“George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
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“[AIDS is] a man-made disease. [It was] placed in Africa just like crack was placed in the black community to break up the Black Panthers.”
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"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 ... The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it. You don't think that I would be one of the characters of today's modern Bible?"
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‘I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.’
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‘I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.’
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"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud nonreader of books."
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‘I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.’
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“You may be talented, but you’re not Kanye West.”
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‘I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.’
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‘I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.’
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"I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh."
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'You should only believe about 90 percent of what I say. As a matter of fact, don’t even believe anything that I’m saying at all. I could be completely messing with you, and the world, the entire time.'
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'It's 1 am and I can't stop thinking about myself.'
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‘If you read books – which I don’t, none at all – about how to become a billionaire, they always say, ‘You learn more from your mistakes.’ So if you learn from your mistakes, then I’m a f*cking genius.’
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‘One of my biggest achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.’
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"I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me. Like, oh great, now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle.”
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“Are they f*ing crazy? Whoa by 50 percent [I am more influential than] Stanley Kubrick, Picasso, Apostle Paul, f*ing Picasso and [Pablo] Escobar. By 50 percent more influential than any other human being.
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"I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump. I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it’s like when Biggie passed and Jay Z was allowed to become Jay Z."
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"When you hear about slavery for 400 years ... For 400 years? That sounds like a choice."
