I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump. I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it's like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z.

In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.

I woke up early this mornin' with a new state of mind/ A creative way to rhyme without usin' knives and guns

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.

They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason.

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