"Dark Fantasy" was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics. I was like: "Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves."
Kanye WestOkay, everyone please be completely quiet, because I can literally hear a whisper, and itโll throw off my stream of consciousness, and when I get my stream of consciousness going thatโs when I give the best, illest quotes. Literally, a whisper can throw it off.
Kanye WestPeople ask me a lot about my drive. I think it comes from, like, having a sexual addiction at a really young age. Look at the drive that people have to get sex - to dress like this and get a haircut and be in the club in the freezing cold at 3 A.M., the places they go to pick up a girl. If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic
Kanye WestI feel like it's almost a Renaissance thing, a painting, a modern version of a painting. I think it's important for Kim [Kardashian] to have her figure. To not show it would be like Adele not singing.
Kanye WestSociety has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on whatโs right and wrong that itโs almost impossible to get a pure thought out. Itโs like a little kid, a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldnโt like pink because thatโs for girls, or youโd instantly become a gay two-year-old. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyoneโs born confident, and everythingโs taken away from you.
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