The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous. But I've put myself in a lot of places where a vain person wouldn't put themselves in. Like what's vanity about wearing a kilt?

I love the fact that I'm bad at [things], you know what I'm saying? I'm forever the 35-year-old 5-year-old. I'm forever the 5-year-old of something.

Life is a b*tch depending how you dress her.

Whenever you get deja vu that means you're on the right path. I get it, like, more than ten times a year.

As a man I am flawed, but my music is perfect.

If you admire somebody, you should go ahead and tell them. People never get the flowers while they can still smell them.

This album is moments that I haven't done before, like just my voice and drums. What people call a rant - but put it next to just a drumbeat, and it cuts to the level of, like, Run-D.M.C. or KRS-One.