Kanye West Quotes

I'm a genius. I'm like Prince.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

I'm in the greatest band in the world, period. End of story. We're the best.

Can't no man play like me.

I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.

This arrogance thing... I've had that my whole life. I flip between, 'Oh really? Oh, thank you. Wow. That's amazing' and, 'Yeah! Of course I am.' They're both varying degrees of a self-defence mechanism. It can be from minute to minute that I change.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

I was a little bit of a cocky kid.

You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

Of course, I'm no dummy.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

I worked with Carl Perkins on a number of shows. Live shows. He just showed up and played. He just killed. Killed! Man... he was amazing!

I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

I'm not an idiot.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

He is arrogance with a capital A.

I have never felt like a diva!

I am not cocky or real showboatish.