Im doing pretty good as far as geniuses go ... Im like a machine. Im a robot. You cannot offend a robot ... Im going down as a legend, whether or not you like me or not. I am the new Jim Morrison. I am the new Kurt Cobain ... The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it. You dont think that I would be one of the characters of todays modern Bible?

But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason.

I just had a responsibility to [Taylor Swift] as a friend you know, and I mean thanks for being so cool about it.

If you a Kanye West fan, you a fan of yourself.

There would have been no Beats deal without the Samsung deal. It showed the number one company the importance of connecting with culture.

Look, I can be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and I am. I can have the most beautiful little daughter in the world, and I have that. But I’m nothing if I can’t be me. If I can’t be true to myself, they don’t mean anything.