Quotes By Kanye West

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

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.

I am not a fan of books.

Nothing in life is promised except death.

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.

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.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

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

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?

I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

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.

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

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

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.'

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.

I didn't want to play it boring and safe. I also didn't want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they're even scarier than first ones.

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

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

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

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

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

I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.

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

I still think I am the greatest.

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.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

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.

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

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

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.