Kanye West

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

“I have decided in 2020 to run for president.”

“People have me pinned as a shark or a predator in some way, and in no way am I that. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone. I want to defend people. I want to help people.”

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

“I definitely think, generally, rap is misogynistic.”

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

“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.”

“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...”

“My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don't care what your job is, you're not gonna talk down to me, you're not gonna try to get a rise out o...”

“My favorite record label of all time is Motown. That era of music was my favorite.”

“I am not a fan of books.”

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

“I wouldn't say that anyone in fashion is on my side. I don't think there's anyone on my side.”

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

“I love sleep; it's my favorite.”

“Art is to be free. Design is to fix.”

“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,...”

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

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

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