30 Quotes & Sayings By Kanye West

Kanye West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. He is one of the world's best-selling recording artists and has collaborated with several prominent American fashion labels including Louis Vuitton, Adidas, and Nike. He is the founder and head of the creative content company DONDA. He has designed apparel for Louis Vuitton, Nike, and Adidas Read more

He also designs shoes for Nike. He was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2010.

Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still...
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Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because they're happy it's over? Kanye West
Success is the best revenge.
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Success is the best revenge. Kanye West
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Unbreakable, would you thought they called me Mr. GlassLook back on my life like the ghost of Christmas past Toys R Us where I used to spend that Christmas cash And I still won't grow up, I'm a grown ass kid Swear I should be locked up for stupid shit that I did But I'm a champion, so I turned tragedy to triumph Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire Kanye West
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I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them. Kanye West
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My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live. Kanye West
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Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud. Kanye West
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..my music isn't just music- its medicine. Kanye West
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I am not a fan of books. Kanye West
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Having money isn't everything, not having it is. Kanye West
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You cut me deep bitch, cut me like surgery. Kanye West
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I just needed time alone with my own thoughts Got treasures in my mind but couldn’t open up my own vault Kanye West
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Why not start figuring out ways to change the way we treat each other? The way we talk to each other, the way we talk about each other. To love each other. You know it starts off with self-love. We have to love ourselves before we can love anybody else. And the media from day one, from when you were little ass kids, they teach you not to love yourself. They take something out of you and they try to sell it back to you.. Something that you’ve been fighting for your entire life that’s taken from you as a child. That you always had inside of you. That’s self-love. That's why I love you so much, cause as everybody knows, I love me so much. The greatest gift you have is your now…you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow and the past is the past. Kanye West
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Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on what’s right and wrong that it’s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. It’s like a little kid, a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls, or you’d instantly become a gay two-year-old. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you. Kanye West
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Love is cursed by monogamy Kanye West
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Our work is never over. Kanye West
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Nothing in life is promised except death. Kanye West
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever. Kanye West
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference. Kanye West
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Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music. Kanye West
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness. Kanye West
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I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food. Kanye West
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food. Kanye West
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I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it. Kanye West
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Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun. Kanye West
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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. Kanye West
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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
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I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.' Kanye West
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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?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' Kanye West
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Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans. Kanye West