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 WestWe've been sold a concept of joy through advertising. It was somehow sold to us through a Gucci bag or something.
Kanye WestI was wearing like, a Juicy Couture men's polo shirt. We weren't there, like, ready for war.
Kanye WestI think that people don't make the most of their lives. So, you know, for me, it seems like it's the beginning of me rattling the cage, of making some people nervous. And people are strategically trying to do things to mute my voice in some way or make me look like I'm a lunatic or pinpoint the inaccuracies in my grammar to somehow take away from the overall message of what I'm saying.
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