"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."

Great art comes from great artists. There’s a bunch of people that are hurt that still couldn’t have made the album that was super-polarizing and redefined the sound of radio.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

I see stuff from the future, and I'm such a futurist that I have to slow down and talk in the present.

There's nothing I really wanted to do in life that I wasn't able to get good at. That's my skill. I'm not really specifically talented at anything except for the ability to learn. That's what I do. That's what I'm here for.

Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.

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