Ralph Lauren was borin' before I wore him.

Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.

I wanna explain something about the title 'Yeezus', simply put 'West' was my slave name and 'Yeezus' is my God name.

[My favourite song is] "All Along the Watchtower." The Jimi Hendrix cover.

What's the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it's possible.

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.

I performed it all the way through for people. People would say, "We love you, we want to sign you," and then there'd always be one person who'd say, "He's just a producer."