And the honesty award goes to…Kanye West!
Everyone knows Kanye West as the world’s best master ranter, but underneath all of those mindless rants, sometimes Yeezy shares some deep thoughts.
After his funny rant last night at Roseland Ballroom, GlobalGrind decided to round up Kanye’s 11 most thought-provoking quotes.
Of course, some of our favorite Kanye quotes are “MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS LOUD!!!!” and “I would like to thank Julius Caesar for originating my hairstyle,” but we included Kanye’s more serious quotes about life, politics, and innovation.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy the thoughts of Yeezy below!
1. “It’s a pursuit and a responsibility. If people have done things before, you should be able to surpass them. I’m on the pursuit of awesomeness, excellence is the bare minimum.”
2. “I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”
3. “I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear.”
4. “Society has broken us down to not really feel what we feel anymore…there are only a few characters, not so much that we’re geniuses, but we’re dreamers and we’re just bringing our dreams to life constantly.“
5. “At the end of the day, I care. And I rather be hated for what I am than hated for what I’m not…you live by the sword you die by the sword…I’m just passionate. I’m delivering product on a whole new level. I’m like a machine, a robot, you cannot offend a robot.”
6. “See in music, we respect the past so much it’s, it’s…think about it, if Steve Jobs respected the computer so much, we wouldn’t have iPhones and iPads today.”
7. “Just as Mandela blew up the buildings and eventually became president…contrary to popular opinion, sometimes you have to blow up the building.”
8. “And if you say anything then you lose everything, if you say anything…then you lose everything. “
9. “There’s no reality to celebrity…you can’t take anything away from me.”
10. “I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.”
11. “I will spark a generation of thinkers who will question traditional thought until they find the absolute truth.”
