I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people, this is the level that things could be at. So when you get something that has the name Kanye West on it, it’s supposed to be pushing the furthest possibilities. I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers. I understand culture. I am the nucleus.

Death is promised. So what do you do with your life? How do you make the most of it? How do you make your voice the loudest?

People say I've got a bad reputation. I think I've got the best reputation in the building.

Everything in the world is exactly the same.

I told God I'd be back in a second. Man it's so hard not to act reckless.

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.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.