All this role model bullshit; you don't have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.
Kanye WestI could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams. I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed, But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh.
Kanye WestWe have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.
Kanye WestWhat I talked about in it was the idea of celebrity, and celebrities being treated like blacks were in the '60s, having no rights, and the fact that people can slander your name. I said that in the toast. And I had to say this in a position where I, from the art world, am marrying Kim. And how we're going to fight to raise the respect level for celebrities so that my daughter can live a more normal life. She didn't choose to be a celebrity. But she is. So I'm going to fight to make sure she has a better life.
Kanye West