Any woman that you're in love with or that loves you is going to command a certain amount of, you know, energy. It's actually easier to focus, in some ways.

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.'

If you ask me a question like what is your greatest accomplishment, it should be what I’m about to do

You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees - and usually when you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

If you admire somebody, you should go ahead and tell them. People never get the flowers while they can still smell them.