Like, this is my baby. This isn't America's baby.

People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.

For me giving up is way harder than trying.

I'm not a celebrity, I'm an activist. The fact that when I see truth it's really hard for me to sit back and just allow it to happen in front of me on my clock makes me, a lot of times, a bad celebrity.

I think about things to put them in a place where I don't have to think about them anymore. Say if I had a child with a really bad mom, I would have to think more than if I had a child with a good mom. I'm just doing my homework early.

I don't expect to be understood at all.

I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music.