Kanye West Quotes

I'm a surprisingly good rapper.

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry.

If women dabble in rap but they're not rappers, to get from dabbling to doing it is really difficult, confidence-wise.

Rap is very competitive. I just think I'm light years better than anybody.

I got a close friend who raps.

Everybody was always telling me to rap and freestyle. I used to go to the park and spit on the mic. If I go to the park, they always gonna give me the mic.

To me, I'm on a whole different level of rapping.

Sometimes I want to be completely outlandish and funny, but sometimes I feel the need to prove myself as a rapper.

I could rap really good on accident. I talk tight and it just sounded... I don't know. It's just such a big genre for me. At the end of the day, rap is the language of the world.

My thoughts on Eminem have always been that he is one of the greatest lyricists ever. I've never been a fan because I can't relate to a lot of his world views and experiences, but I acknowledge that he's one of the greatest MCs.

I never knew anything about rapping.

I wish I could rap! I wish I could rap like Azealia Banks or Lil Wayne or someone like that... Twista. He's super fast.

It might take a while but I think the rap game is the people that can do it. We're all role models more than athletes because athletes don't wear clothes like the kid in the hood and they don't walk and talk like the kids in the hood. We're closer to them than anybody because they can look at us and see them.

Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say about it is that sometimes you have to see that kind of stuff so as to have a more balanced view about why it's so bad.

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.

But I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind.

As long as there's a demand for gangsta rap, it will be supplied.

I listened to a lot of old school, golden era music. It gave me a lot of insight on how to rap and give my all.

Most rappers taste level ain't at my waist level. Turn up the bass 'til it's up in your face level.

I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored.

I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from.