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" My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe. "
Kanye West
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" You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good. "
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" It's always going to be a fight for anyone who isn't an older white man. I want to fight for anyone who doesn't have a fight. "
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" The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' "
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" I didn't know the term 'synesthesia' until I was working on 'Cruel Summer.' Halfway into writing that, I really understood that, my entire life, I had been trying to describe this condition of mine: through painting, through this seven-screen Surround Vision film we shot in Qatar, through all these things. "
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" Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy's going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other. "
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" It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. "
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" People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try. "
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" Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them. "
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" There was a time Michael Jackson couldn't get his video on MTV because he was considered to be 'urban.' The Michael Jackson. So I literally have to be the Michael Jackson of apparel in order to break down the doors for everyone who will come after I'm gone, after I'm dead. "
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" 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. "
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" I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying. "
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" 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. "
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" I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power. "
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" Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way. "
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" Our work is never over. "
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" I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. "
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Year
" Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win. "
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" I still think I am the greatest. "
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" I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever. "
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" 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.' "
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" In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles. "
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" I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food. "
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" I told y'all I didn't vote, right? But if I would've voted, I would've voted for Trump. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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