I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007.

Pharrell has always been my style idol.

If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.

You have to be able to swim in backlash.

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe

I'm a let you finish, but the French Revolution had the best severed heads of ALL TIME.

"[My Beautiful] Dark [Twisted] Fantasy" and "Watch the Throne": neither was nominated for Album of the Year, and I made both of those in one year. 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. But the thing is, I don't care about the Grammys; I just would like for the statistics to be more accurate.