You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, 'This is wrong.'

The media crucify me like they did Christ.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the internet is our new Rome

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

I'm always fighting either to have a house work with us or to head a house. It's a lifestyle I can totally see: the future, modern Versailles, modern Versace, modern Calabasas, paparazzi, celebrity language. I just want to build a collection that's around me and my wife and my kids.

If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.

People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie.