Quotes from Kanye West

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

My definition of genius is not being that person the actual human is a genius, but it's a person that just allows God to work through them.

I'm inspired by Walt Disney. I'm inspired by Howard Hughes. I'm inspired by Henry Ford. I'm inspired by Steve Jobs. I mean, I'm inspired by James Perse.

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

I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God's eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

"I would find you in any lifetime."

I don't know if this is statistically right, but I'm assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person.

Taste and style is beyond clothes. It's in food; it's in quality. Working out, healthy bodies, organic food-they're all part of the same thing.

I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well.

Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy's going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other.

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.

We rappers are role models.

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

I will die for the art & what I believe in. The art ain't always gon' be polite.

They say your attitude determines your latitude.

Beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them as luxury.

If you know you're the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best.

I always want to be the best at whatever I'm attempting to do.

'What you doing in the club on a Thursday?' She say she only here for her girl birthday... They ordered champagne but still look thirsty, Rock Forever 21 but just turned 30.

It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday, for me to just call and say Hey Mama

There was a time Michael Jackson couldn't get his video on MTV because he was considered to be 'urban.' The Michael Jackson. So I literally have to be the Michael Jackson of apparel in order to break down the doors for everyone who will come after I'm gone, after I'm dead.

If you love somebody, go ahead and tell them. People never get the flowers, while they can still smell them.

If you don't make Christmas presents, meaning making something that's so emotionally connected to people, don't talk to me.

The longer your gevity is, the more confidence you build.