Quotes from Kanye West

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

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

Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way.

I told y'all I didn't vote, right? But if I would've voted, I would've voted for Trump.

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

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

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

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

As a man I am flawed, but my music is perfect.

I told God I'd be back in a second. Man it's so hard not to act reckless.

I've known my mom since I was zero years old. She is quite dope.

Being fresh is more important than having money.

Having money isn't everything, not having it is.

When we die, the money we can't keep, But we probably spend it all 'cause the pain ain't cheap...

Wait 'till I get my money right.

Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.

I use too much of my brain and need to let some of it rest.

Let the music defuse all the tension.

I am not a fan of books.

You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, 'This is wrong.'

All this role model bullshit; you don't have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.

My music is rock. I listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers and I listen to one of my songs, and if I don't give you the same emotion, then I go back and re-spit.

But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

I am the number one human being in music. That means any person that's living or breathing is number two.