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" I'm inspired by Walt Disney. I'm inspired by Howard Hughes. I'm inspired by Henry Ford. I'm inspired by Steve Jobs. I mean, I'm inspired by James Perse. "

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" The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" I'm here to fight for the re-education of what celebrity is: to say, 'Yes, we are celebrities, but yes, we're also innovators. We're also inventors. We're also thoughtful.' "

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

" It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say. "

" I am not a fan of books. "

" In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28. "

" I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret. "

" I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in. "

" I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides. "

" 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. "

" It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. "

" 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'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. "

" I definitely think, generally, rap is misogynistic. "

" Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans. "

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

" My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure. "

" I don't use blue. I don't like it. It bugs me out. I hate it. "

" Fashion is merely an opinion. And I've got a lot of opinions. "

" If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed. "

" Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them. "

" I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God's eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do. "

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

" I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production. "

" If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food. "

" 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. "

" Nothing in life is promised except death. "