Top 547 Quotes & Sayings by Kanye West

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Last updated on September 16, 2024.

Ye, formerly and still commonly known as Kanye West, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop musicians of all time, as well as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing singles for several artists and developing the "chipmunk soul" sampling style. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he released his debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004), to critical and commercial success. West subsequently founded his record label GOOD Music later that same year.

American - Rapper | Born: June 8, 1977

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I don't use blue. I don't like it. It bugs me out. I hate it.

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I still think I am the greatest.

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I love sleep; it's my favorite.

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I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

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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.

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I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

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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.

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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

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I'm really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don't even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy.

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I ain't here to argue about his facial features. Or here to convert atheists into believers. I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers the way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus.

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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 you will please if you try.

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Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

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If we go on your iPhone and go to the dictionary and look up 'humble,' 80 per cent of the definition is negative. It's a controlling word. It's a way to control the masses and to control the sheep.

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I used to have insecurity about my finances, then I announced that I had debt, and now I don't have any insecurities.

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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.

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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

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I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.

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This dark diction has become America's addiction.

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Every time I say something that's extremely truthful out loud, it literally breaks the Internet.

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Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all.

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Our work is never over.

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I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

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I am not a fan of books.

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George Bush doesn't care about black people.

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It's not 'can'; it's 'will.' You have to will things into fruition.

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Nothing in life is promised except death.

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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.

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We came into a broken world. And we're the cleanup crew.

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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.

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Fashion breaks my heart.

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I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

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All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race.

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I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible.

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Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go.

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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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The most genius thing about the way I create is to create with other geniuses.

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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

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We're a blip in the existence of the universe, and we're constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

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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'm not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I'm going to say how I feel.

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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?

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I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

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You know what should be banned? Stuff that's whack. The world is controversial. The world is classist. The world is racist.

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People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

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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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I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.

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I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately. That's just a warning. To everyone.

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It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.

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I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

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There's a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

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The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me.

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Art is to be free. Design is to fix.

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

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If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.

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For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

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Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

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Fashion is merely an opinion. And I've got a lot of opinions.

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Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

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