Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, record producer, businessman, and fashion designer. He has been influential in the 21st-century development of mainstream hip hop, popular music, and popular culture in general. These Kanye West quotes will motivate you.
Famous Kanye West Quotes
- “For me to say I wasn’t a genius I’d just be lying to you and to myself” ~ Kanye West
- “Believe in your flyness…conquer your shyness” ~ Kanye West
- “Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?” ~ Kanye West
- “Everyone’s always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?” ~ Kanye West
- “Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.” ~ Kanye West
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“Even a broke clock is right twice a day” ~ Kanye West
- “Having a Rolex or a Benz is not something that actually represents your success because there’s always something more expensive to buy. Success is really being able to do things for others as well as the people around you and yourself.” ~ Kanye West
- “This is my life homie, you decide yours” ~ Kanye West
- “I’ve known my mom since I was zero years old. She is quite dope.” ~ Kanye West
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“Everything I’m not makes me everything I am” ~ Kanye West
- “I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self-esteem.” ~ Kanye West
- “I don’t expect to be understood at all.” ~ Kanye West
- “I’m on the pursuit of awesomeness, excellence is the bare minimum.” ~ Kanye West
- “Beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them as luxury.” ~ Kanye West
- “People will have a problem with whatever you do. At the end of the day, nobody can determine what you need to do in order to be successful and why would you listen to someone who is not successful tell you what you need to do?” ~ Kanye West
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“Okay, for me, first of all, dopeness is what I like the most.” ~ Kanye West
- “Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side” ~ Kanye West
- “You basically can say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end.” ~ Kanye West
- “As we live, our hearts turn colder. Cause pain is what we go through, as we become older. We get insulted by others, lose trust for those others. We get back stabbed by friends. It becomes harder for us to give others a hand. We get our heart broken by people we love, even that we give them all we have. Then we lose family over time. What else could rust the heart more over time? Blackgold.” ~ Kanye West
- “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.” ~ Kanye West
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“You can’t look at a glass half full or empty if it’s overflowing.” ~ Kanye West
- “I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.” ~ Kanye West
- “Nothing in life is promised except death.” ~ Kanye West
- “Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.” ~ Kanye West
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“Success is the best revenge.” ~ Kanye West
- “We’re not always in the position that we want to be at. We’re constantly growing, we’re constantly making mistakes, we’re constantly trying to express ourselves and trying to actualize our dreams.” ~ Kanye West
- “I always feel like I can do anything. That’s the main thing people are controlled by: thoughts and perceptions of yourself… If you’re taught you can’t do anything, you won’t do anything” ~ Kanye West
- “If you’re taught you can’t do anything you won’t do anything, I was taught I could do everything.” ~ Kanye West
- “Memories have to be our most painful blessing.” ~ Kanye West
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“Life is a b*tch depending how you dress her.” ~ Kanye West
- “The plan was to drink until the pain is over, But what’s worse, the pain or the hangover?” ~ Kanye West
- “For me giving up is way harder than trying.” ~ Kanye West
- “Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe” ~ Kanye West
- “You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes.” ~ Kanye West
- “Why everything that’s supposed to be bad
Make me feel so good?” ~ Kanye West - “Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.” ~ Kanye West
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“Living well eliminates the need for revenge.” ~ Kanye West
- “Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on what’s right and wrong that it’s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. It’s like a little kid, a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls, or you’d instantly become a gay two-year-old. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you.” ~ Kanye West
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“The prettiest people do the ugliest things.” ~ Kanye West
- “I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.” ~ Kanye West
- “You may be talented but you’re not Kanye West.” ~ Kanye West
- “If y’all fresh to death, then I’m deceased.” ~ Kanye West
- “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.” ~ Kanye West
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“They say your attitude determines your latitude.” ~ Kanye West
- “They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason.” ~ Kanye West
- “They say ya additude determines ya laditude.” ~ Kanye West
- “I don’t particularly like photos of myself, though.” ~ Kanye West
- “I would say my determination is way higher than my smartness.” ~ Kanye West Quotes
- “It’s a tough world out there. You’re going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees – and usually when you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.” ~ Kanye West
- “When we die, the money we can’t keep, But we probably spend it all ’cause the pain ain’t cheap…” ~ Kanye West
- “I feel that I’m very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.” ~ Kanye West
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“Being fresh is more important than having money.” ~ Kanye West
- “I just think that when my confidence meets other people’s insecurity, that equals Kanye’s arrogant.” ~ Kanye West
- “So I hope that there are people out there laughing. Laugh loud, please. Laugh until your lungs give out because I will have the last laugh.” ~ Kanye West
- “The dinosaurs aren’t remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity’s gone, what do we give to this little planet that we’re on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride?” ~ Kanye West
- “Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory. Sh*t is real.” ~ Kanye West
- “Let the music defuse all the tension.” ~ Kanye West
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“I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.” ~ Kanye West
- “Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.” ~ Kanye West
- “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.” ~ Kanye West
- “I’ve been saying how I feel at the wrong time.” ~ Kanye West
- “God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down” ~ Kanye West
- “It’s about whatever I want to make it about. It’s my world.” ~ Kanye West
- “If you know you’re the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best.” ~ Kanye West
- “I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won’t even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.” ~ Kanye West
