American - Musician | June 8, 1977 -
Our work is never over.
Kanye West
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This dark diction has become America's addiction.
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I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
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I didn't know the term 'synesthesia' until I was working on 'Cruel Summer.' Halfway into writing that, I really understood that, my entire life, I had been trying to describe this condition of mine: through painting, through this seven-screen Surround Vision film we shot in Qatar, through all these things.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'
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If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.
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Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy's going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other.
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I think business has to be stupider. I want to do really straightforward, stupid business - just talk to me like a 4-year-old. And I refuse to negotiate. I do not negotiate. I can collaborate. But I'm an artist, so as soon as you negotiate, you're being compromised.
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Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way.
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There was a time Michael Jackson couldn't get his video on MTV because he was considered to be 'urban.' The Michael Jackson. So I literally have to be the Michael Jackson of apparel in order to break down the doors for everyone who will come after I'm gone, after I'm dead.
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I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.
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