Top 300 Kanye West Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “I am a God, so hurry up with my damn massage; in a French-ass restaurant, hurry up with my damn croissants.”

— Kanye West

52. “They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason.”

— Kanye West

53. “I am not a fan of books.”

— Kanye West

54. “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

55. “I never seen snakes on a plane.”

— Kanye West

56. “It’s motivation. Some people are gifted at specific things, but I had to develop. The thing I’m most talented at is the ability to learn.”

— Kanye West

57. “God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down.”

— Kanye West

58. “Thank God I’m not too cool for a seatbelt.”

— Kanye West

59. “I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear.”

— Kanye West

60. “If you have power, you have to empower.”

— Kanye West

61. “I don’t like facts, because facts get in the way of my feelings.”

— Kanye West

62. “Benjamin Franklin didnt win 21 Grammys right?”

— Kanye West

63. “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

64. “I’ve reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting.”

— Kanye West

65. “When you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.”

— Kanye West

66. “I’ve known my mom since I was zero years old. She is quite dope.”

— Kanye West

67. “Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack. And a white man get paid off of all of that.”

— Kanye West

68. “When we die, the money we can’t keep, but we probably spend it all cause the pain ain’t cheap.”

— Kanye West

69. “Okay, for me, first of all, dopeness is what I like the most.”

— Kanye West

70. “Beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them as luxury.”

— Kanye West

71. “No flip flops for black dudes. I don’t care where you at. Wear some hot ass Jordans on the beach.”

— Kanye West

72. “Couldn’t afford a car so he named his daughter Alexis.”

— Kanye West

73. “I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”

— Kanye West

74. “I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.”

— Kanye West

75. “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

76. “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 actualize our dreams.”

— Kanye West

77. “To use is necessary. And if you can’t be used, then you’re useless.”

— Kanye West

78. “You can’t look at a glass half full or empty if it’s overflowing.”

— Kanye West

79. “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

80. “I see stuff from the future, and I’m such a futurist that I have to slow down and talk in the present.”

— Kanye West

81. “I feel that I’m very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.”

— Kanye West

82. “People in this world shun people for being great, for being a bright color, for standing out. But the time is now, to be OK with being the greatest you.”

— Kanye West

83. “If you can do it better than me, then you do it.”

— Kanye West

84. “When I think of competition it’s like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids.”

— Kanye West

85. “I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.”

— Kanye West

86. “The only luxury is time. The time you get to spend with your family.”

— Kanye West

87. “I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.”

— Kanye West

88. “I think I’m a whole lot to handle. I definitely am, on every aspect. I’m the video director. I’m the graphics designer. I’m the rapper. I’m the visionary. I’m the music producer. I’m the executive producer. I’m just going to end it off to be poetic: I’m the future of music.”

— Kanye West

89. “I can be vilified. I can be misunderstood. I didn’t come here to be liked. I came here to make a difference.”

— Kanye West

90. “I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.”

— Kanye West

91. “I’m the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.”

— Kanye West

92. “To be a visionary, all you have to do is make decisions based off of your eyes instead of your ears and your memory.”

— Kanye West

93. “Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you.”

— Kanye West

94. “I just think that when my confidence meets other people’s insecurity, that equals Kanye’s arrogant.”

— Kanye West

95. “I ain’t crazy, I’m just not satisfied.”

— Kanye West

96. “I specifically ordered persian rugs with cherub imagery!!! What do I have to do to get a simple persian rug with cherub imagery uuuuugh.”

— Kanye West

97. “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

98. “It’s illegal to be naked.”

— Kanye West

99. “Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better colour.”

— Kanye West

100. “The most beautiful thoughts are always besides the darkest.”

— Kanye West