Zitate und Songtexte von Kanye West

I can literally say antisemitic shit and they can't drop me. Now what?

Don't care what you say, nothin' on me
I don't care 'bout the lawyer fees
I don't care 'bout your loyalties
God will solve it all for me

I was up for sale, but I couldn't tell
God made it rain, the devil made it hail
Dropped out of school, but I'm that one at Yale
Made the best tracks and still went off the rail

All that smoke kept a scent
Everything I spoke, what I meant
Never disguise my intent, lines outside the event
Brought my life out the trench

We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States.

Is hip-hop just a euphemism for a new religion?
The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing

My friend showed me pictures of his kids
And all I could show him was pictures of my cribs
He said his daughter got a brand new report card
And all I got was a brand new sports car

See, I just want him to have an easy life, not like Yeezy life
Just want him to be someone people like
Don’t want him to be hated all the time, judged
Don’t be like your daddy that'd never budge
And I’ll never let him ever hit a strip club
I learned the hard way, that ain’t the place to get love

Up from the ashes into the sky
Found a redeemer, how I survive
Voice of their mothers, Mary and Christ
Your light has healed me, blessed with new life

So much hate at the top, it's a lonely place
When you find out the opps ain't the only snakes
And your spouse only know what you don't erase
The world only know you by your worst mistakes

I'm a sick f*ck, I like a quick f*ck
I like my dick sucked, I'll buy you a sick truck
I'll buy you some new t*ts, I'll get you that nip-tuck
How you start a family? The condom slipped up

You got sick thoughts? I got more of 'em
You remember bad b*tches that you smashed? I recorded 'em
She said 'f*ck weed' 'cause she love X
If she suck seed, that's a success
If a girl cum, that's a f*ck fest
And we gon' score 100 on this drug test

They say good things come to those who wait
So I’mma be at least about a hour late

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.

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

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

I still think I am the greatest.

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

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

We hit the spot to chill with the Fuji Grill
She ordered the Kobe beef, like Shaquille O'Neal

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.

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

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

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

Everything I'm not, made me everything I am

I gotta testify
Come up in the spot lookin' extra fly
'fore the day I die, I'mma touch the sky

I'm so humble it's crazy. I'm like the Kanye West of humility.

Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own.

If I wasn't a, eight-figure n*gga by the name of Jigga
Would you come around me or would you clown me
If I couldn't flow futuristic, would ya
Put your two lips on my wood and kiss it

I think relationships are broken up because of the media.

I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it.

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

You really cannot set a standard, because Georgia is my home state, my home team. No other team can match what Georgia can offer. Schools cannot really match that, so that is an edge for Georgia.

Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.

There's a lot of players who, especially today, do all of these fancy ball handling drills and work on using a million different moves, none of which they'll be able to actually do in a game. It was refreshing to watch Sabrina play, who just thought the game at a different level.

My kids are older now. They're kinda upset with me. They're not really upset, but they don't understand. I tell them all the time: "We" ain't rich. "I'm" rich.

I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Having to fight for the thing you want doesn't mean you deserve it any less.

We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.

Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

Act on inspiration when it strikes.