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" I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice. "

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" All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race. "

" Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference. "

" I'm a human being. I've got opinions, I'm not always right, I'm not always on time, I don't always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure. "

" Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it? "

" My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe. "

" People have me pinned as a shark or a predator in some way, and in no way am I that. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone. I want to defend people. I want to help people. "

" My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don't care what your job is, you're not gonna talk down to me, you're not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I'm a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened. "

" I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power. "

" I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory. "

" Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain. "

" But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time. "

" I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid. "

" I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn. "

" I'm really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don't even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy. "

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" I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it. "

" Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun. "

" People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome! "

" Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go. "

" I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.' "

" I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible. "

" I dislike the concept of 'chic' being the highest compliment for a human being. I'd rather someone be nice than to be chic. "

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" I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever. "

" Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality - they don't feel that they have the right to speak as loud as possible. "

" I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness. "

" Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you're in, you're gonna worry about raising kids. But it's champagne problems, too. There are people who can't feed their kids. "

" We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it. "