I?m going to let you finish but?Kanye has the best quotables of all time. ALL TIME.
This week, he lifted the two-year ban he has had on doing press for a very in-depth interview with the New York Times which was compiled over a period of three days.? During the lengthy piece, Kanye answers a lot of questions you?ve ever wanted to know as he dishes on the evolution of his albums, not really being apologetic for the Taylor Swift incident at the MTV Music Awards and why his legacy will be similar to that of innovators like Steve Jobs.? The range of emotions you may experience while reading the piece may include, ?Wow, this guy is very confident,? to ?Whoa this is hilarious! Did he just say that?? to ?He?s narcissistic? to ?Kanye?s a genius.?? It?s insane madness.
There are very endearing parts of the interview when he talks about love, his outlook on family after his mom passed and his overall passion for the creative process.? Kanye means well. He?s also very clear on wanting to leave an undeniable mark on fashion and culture. You get the sense while reading the piece that although he?s extremely confident, he still feels as though he has a lot to prove to people.
Catch the highlights:
If his outlook on family has changed after his mother passed:
Yeah, because my mother was ? you know, I have family, but I was with my mother 80 percent of the time. My mom was basically ? [pause]On his relationship
Any woman that you?re in love with or that loves you is going to command a certain amount of, you know, energy. It?s actually easier to focus, in some ways.On the episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians when he helped Kim pick out her clothes
That was from a place of love. It?s hard when people read things in a lot of different ways. You know, the amount of backlash I got from it is when I decided to not be on the show anymore. And it?s not that I have an issue with the show; I just have an issue with the amount of backlash that I get. Because I just see like, an amazing person that I?m in love with that I want to help.His thoughts on fatherhood
That is a really interesting, powerful question. One of the things was just to be protective, that I would do anything to protect my child or my child?s mother. As simple as that. I don?t want to explain too much into what my thoughts on, you know, fatherhood are, because I?ve not fully developed those thoughts yet. I don?t have a kid yet.Well, I just don?t want to talk to America about my family. Like, this is my baby. This isn?t America?s baby.
On The Grammy Awards
[My Beautiful] Dark [Twisted] Fantasy? and ?Watch the Throne?: neither was nominated for Album of the Year, and I made both of those in one year. I don?t know if this is statistically right, but I?m assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven?t won one against a white person.But the thing is, I don?t care about the Grammys; I just would like for the statistics to be more accurate.
On if he regrets the Taylor Swift incident
I don?t have one regret. If anyone?s reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.But that is something that you apologized for.
Yeah, I think that I have like, faltered, you know, as a human. My message isn?t perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.Dark Fantasy? was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics. I was like: ?Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves.
On knowing he would be a huge star
I knew when I wrote the line ?light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson? [from the song ?Slow Jamz"] I was going to be a big star. At the time, they used to have the Virgin music [stores], and I would go there and just go up the escalator and say to myself, ?I?m soaking in these last moments of anonymity.? I knew I was going to make it this far; I knew that this was going to happen.On his passion and not being taken seriously
But the passion is for humanity. The passion is for people. The passion is for the 18-year-old version of myself. The passion is for the kids at my shows. I need to do more. I need to be able to give people more of what they want that currently is behind a glass. I don?t believe that it?s luxury to go into a store and not be able to afford something. I believe luxury is to be able to go into a store and be able to afford something.I sat down with a clothing guy that I won?t mention, but hopefully if he reads this article, he knows it?s him and knows that out of respect, I didn?t mention his name: this guy, he questioned me before I left his office:, ?If you?ve done this, this, and this, why haven?t you gone further in fashion?? And I say, ?I?m learning.? But ultimately, this guy that was talking to me doesn?t make Christmas presents, meaning that nobody was asking for his [stuff] as a Christmas present. If you don?t make Christmas presents, meaning making something that?s so emotionally connected to people, don?t talk to me.
On his legacy:
I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump. I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it?s like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z.I?ve been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You have like, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas Ghesqui?re, Anna Wintour, David Stern.
I think that?s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: ?This is the level that things could be at.? So when you get something that has the name Kanye West on it, it?s supposed to be pushing the furthest possibilities. I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers. I understand culture. I am the nucleus.
And here?s a few great 1-2 liners from the article:
On the new album:
There?s no opera sounds on this new album, you know what I mean? It?s just like, super low-bit. I?m still, like, slightly a snob, but I completely removed my snob heaven songs; I just removed them altogether.On being a trendsetter
Yeah, respect my trendsetting abilities. Once that happens, everyone wins. The world wins; fresh kids win; creatives win; the company wins.On Whether Fighting for What?s Right Has Ever Backfired [Taylor Swift incident]
It?s only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It?s only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That?s all it is.On Calling Out President George W. Bush on Live TV
Yeah, it was pretty bugged out. When you think about it, I was wearing like, a Juicy Couture men?s polo shirt. We weren?t there, like, ready for war.On if he ever looks like he?s happy
Maybe 90 percent of the time it looks like I?m not having a good time.On if he still feels like an outsider
No, I don?t think I feel like that anymore. I feel like I don?t want to be inside anymore. Like, I uninvited myself.On his pride
The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous. But I?ve put myself in a lot of places where a vain person wouldn?t put themselves in. Like what?s vanity about wearing a kilt?On what he thinks of the outfits he wore five to seven years ago:
Yeah, kill self. That?s all I have to say. Kill self.
Read the full interview over at THE NY TIMES
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