Ye stands as an American artist encompassing roles of rapper, vocalist, lyricist, music producer, and fashion innovator. Originating in Atlanta and maturing in Chicago, West attained prominence through his contributions as a producer at Roc-A-Fella Records during its initial phases… Wikipedia
“Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side” ~ Kanye West
“They say your attitude determines your latitude.” ~ Kanye West
“People say I have a bad reputation…I think I’ve got the best reputation in the building. They want you to have a reputation of tucking your black nail polish into your pockets and sitting in the corner of the class, and not fighting for your ideas out of fear of being ridiculed. That’s one of my favorite ones…to be called crazy.” ~ Kanye West
“If I got any cooler I would freeze to death.” ~ Kanye West
“I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness!” ~ Kanye West
“One of my biggest Achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.” ~ Kanye West
“I am the number one rockstar on the planet.” ~ Kanye West
“This is my life homie, you decide yours” ~ Kanye West
“If you know you’re the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best.” ~ Kanye West
“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
“Money isn’t everything, but not having it is.” ~ Kanye West
“More people need to know they’re not f***ng cool.” ~ Kanye West
“You weren’t perfect, but you made life worth it.” ~ Kanye West
“It’s like this, by not giving my album a classic rating… you diminish your magazine’s credibility. And that’s real.” ~ Kanye West
“I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we’ve seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka… and welcome to my chocolate factory.” ~ Kanye West
“For me to say I wasn’t a genius I’d just be lying to you and to myself.” ~ Kanye West
“I would say my determination is way higher than my smartness.” ~ Kanye West
“But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was that they didn’t get that. No joke – I’d leave meetings crying all the time.” ~ Kanye West
“I wan’t to change the definition of status quo.” ~ Kanye West
“I feel that I’m very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.” ~ Kanye West
“Everyone’s always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?” ~ Kanye West
“A lot of people don’t appreciate their moment until its past.” ~ Kanye West
“The greatest thing that a man has to give, to anyone whether it’s their kids or whether it’s their wife, it’s their time.” ~ Kanye West
“You can’t look at a glass half full or empty if it’s overflowing.” ~ Kanye West
“Memories have to be our most painful blessing.” ~ Kanye West
“My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.” ~ Kanye West
“It’s a tough world out there. You’re going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees – and usually when you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.” ~ Kanye West
“Living well eliminates the need for revenge.” ~ Kanye West
“Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.” ~ Kanye West
“People never change. They just become better at hiding who they really are.” ~ Kanye West
“Everybody wanted to know what I would do if I didn’t win…. I guess we’ll never know.” ~ Kanye West
“I make all my own decisions and I take full responsibility.” ~ Kanye West
“Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.” ~ Kanye West
“For me, giving up is harder than trying.” ~ Kanye West
“I know you can’t control everything, and everything is in God’s hands ultimately, but I’m going to fight, go out and perform for everybody, I don’t care.” ~ Kanye West
“Inspiring people is the definition of success.” ~ Kanye West
“Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go.” ~ Kanye West
“My mother never raised me to ask for a handout.” ~ Kanye West
“I am not going to sit inside of a corporation for 20 years…the time is now.” ~ Kanye West
“Our work is never over.” ~ Kanye West
“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” ~ Kanye West
“I still think I am the greatest.” ~ Kanye West
“People will have a problem with whatever you do. At the end of the day, nobody can determine what you need to do in order to be successful and why would you listen to someone who is not successful tell you what you need to do?” ~ Kanye West
“Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe.” ~ Kanye West
“I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, or use my arrogance as a steam to power my dreams.” ~ Kanye West
“Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.” ~ Kanye West
“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
“I don’t expect to be understood at all.” ~ Kanye West
“It’s crazy that we live in a world where if you’re super positive and super creative it’s scary. Because what does that tell you about the mentality of most people if you’re scared of like… positivity.” ~ Kanye West
“I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.” ~ Kanye West
“I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self-esteem.” ~ Kanye West
“Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?” ~ Kanye West
“You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes.” ~ Kanye West
“From $53 million in debt to a net worth of $5 billion in 4 years. Thank you, Jesus. I know I fall short, but I repent.” ~ Kanye West
“They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason.” ~ Kanye West
“Having a Rolex or a Benz is not something that actually represents your success because there’s always something more expensive to buy. Success is really being able to do things for others as well as the people around you and yourself.” ~ Kanye West
“My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater. That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone in the past that has done so much, and in your life you’re not even allowed to think that you can do as much. That’s a mentality that suppresses humanity.” ~ Kanye West
“I don’t care about what people think, because people don’t think.” ~ Kanye West
“I am just the expresso, I am just the shot in the morning to get you going, to make you believe you can overcome that situation that you dealing with all the time.” ~ Kanye West
“Go listen to my music. It’s the code of self-esteem. It’s the code of who you are. If you are a Kanye West fan you’re not a fan of me, you’re a fan of yourself.” ~ Kanye West
“When I think of competition it’s like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids.” ~ Kanye West
“When you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.” ~ Kanye West
“When I talk it’s like painting.” ~ Kanye West
“If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.” ~ Kanye West
“I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.” ~ Kanye West
“Know your worth! People always act like they’re doing more for you than you’re doing for them.” ~ Kanye West
“If you have the opportunity to play this game called life, you have to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don’t appreciate their moment until it’s passed” ~ Kanye West
“My memories are from the future.” ~ Kanye West
“We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.” ~ Kanye West
“I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.” ~ Kanye West
“Life is the ultimate gift.” ~ Kanye West
“I’m like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.” ~ Kanye West
“Success is really being able to do things for others as well as the people around you and yourself.” ~ Kanye West
“Please do everything you possibly can in one lifetime.” ~ Kanye West
“You’ve got to be really dialled into exactly who you are to the one hundredth power or you’re just like everyone else.” ~ Kanye West
“Everything I’m not makes me everything I am” ~ Kanye West
“Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.” ~ Kanye West
“You ain’t got to like me. I like me.” ~ Kanye West
“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
“Creative output, you know, is just pain. I’m going to be clich’e for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.” ~ Kanye West
“We’re not always in the position that we want to be at. We’re constantly growing, we’re constantly making mistakes, we’re constantly trying to express ourselves and trying to actualize our dreams.” ~ Kanye West
“People in this world shun people for being great, for being a bright color, for standing out. But the time is now to be okay, to be the greatest you.” ~ Kanye West
“I’m in the pursuit of awesomeness, excellence is the bare minimum.” ~ Kanye West
“I am the number one human being in music. That means any person that’s living or breathing is number two.” ~ Kanye West
“If I don’t scream, if I don’t say something then no one’s going to say anything.” ~ Kanye West
“This new generation is obsessed with looking successful instead of actually being successful.” ~ Kanye West
“I care. I care about everything. Sometimes not giving a fu** is caring the most.” ~ Kanye West
“I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.” ~ Kanye West
“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.” ~ Kanye West
“I just think that when my confidence meets other people’s insecurity, that equals Kanye’s arrogant.” ~ Kanye West
“They say good things come to those who wait, so imma be about an hour late.” ~ Kanye West
“Love your haters, they’re your biggest fans.” ~ Kanye West
“For me, you know, I’m a creative genius and there’s no other way to word it.” ~ Kanye West
“You’ve got to be really dialed into who you are to the one-hundredth power or you’re just everyone else.” ~ Kanye West
“I work for God, and God runs the world.” ~ Kanye West
“I want people to feel like it’s okay to create. It’s okay to not be boxed in. I want people to feel like awesome is possible.” ~ Kanye West
“Success is the best revenge.” ~ Kanye West
“Everything that I sonically make is a painting.” ~ Kanye West
“I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.” ~ Kanye West
“Nothing in life is promised except death.” ~ Kanye West
“My greatest award is what I’m about to do.” ~ Kanye West
“I always felt like I can do anything. That’s the main thing people are controlled by… thoughts, their perceptions of themselves. They are slowed down by their perception of themselves. If you’re taught that you can’t do anything, you won’t do anything.” ~ Kanye West
“Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.” ~ Kanye West
“Being fresh is more important than having money.” ~ Kanye West
“I wouldn’t even say that I’m a rapper. I’m more of a messenger than a rapper.” ~ Kanye West