33 Best Quotes from Kanye West"s Candid Interview with Zane Lowe
Kanye West sat down for an in-depth interview with Zane Lowe. It was an emotional affair, and 'Ye even broke down in the middle of the interview. He teased his new album, apologized for his Grammy rant and talked largely about the struggle of his aesthetic. In true Kanye fashion, he also dropped several memorable lines along the way.
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Below are the best quotes from the interview.
- "Every day, when you go to the gym, when you go to work, it's a challenge. You gotta work hard to tirelessly remind people of your vision."
- "Class is the new way to discriminate against people, to hold people down, to hold people in their place...to somehow say, 'This person right here means more than this person.'"
- "If I meet someone, who I respect or look up to, I will literally kiss their feet."
- "Drake is delivering a level of product to humanity that's of a high quality. It works."
- "The deal [with Adidas] has nothing to do with the higher-ups in society."
- "My doorman is more important to me than the head of any company."
- "[The Grammys] is our Super Bowl, and I hadn't been in six years. The Grammys are definitely like an ex-girlfriend. As soon as you get in the car with them, you wanna go right back home."
- "I feel like there are so many things meant to wear the people, as opposed to people wearing them."
- "No one man should have all that power -- everyone should have it."
- “[Music] It’s still the struggle, but the beauty from the struggle. [It’s like’] The song ‘Amazing Grace’ coming out of the worst pain possible and making the most beautiful song as possible.”
- "I'm practicing really hard [to have a new baby with Kim Kardashian]. I try as many times a day as I can."
- "Exclusivity is the new N-word."
- "You win or you learn."
- "Innovation gets too much credit."
- "I was using the wrong words. My rap was wrong. I was getting the drink thrown in my face, as opposed to leaving with the girl at the end of the night."
- "I was like the 40 Year Old Virgin of dealing with corporations. I did not know how to communicate AT ALL."
- "My message was 'your egg, my semen' we change the world."
- "We have the right to be wrong sometimes."
- "After I did that presentation in New York, I was able to get that alien out of my stomach."
- "(on Drake) The hottest rapper in the game. And I fall somewhere in that field."
- "The College Dropout came out of a fight to want to rap. This new album came out of a fight to want to design."
- "[On his new album] It's a joyful noise unto the lord."
- "I want to perform "Only One" as many times as possible."
- "I didn't come here to be liked. I came here to make a difference."
- "In some people's job, they're very extremely likable. I'm extremely nice to everyone. But as soon as people start playing games, I stop. I hit that Ye button and we go right back to Day 1."
- "When I'm making music with Paul McCartney, I have a list of complaints. And he says, 'It's all cool, though. How about we make a song?'"
- "Meeting Paul McCartney is like meeting Ralph Lauren. They’re the greatest of their field of all time. Period.”
- "Fusion is the future, period. The mixing of ideas, the two lunch tables working together. Humanity, period. We're one people."
- "We can deliver the moments that will flash in front of people's eyes right before they die."
- "I believe that the world can only be saved through design."
- "Art is to be free. Design is to fix."
- "What does Kanye West and Elon Musk talk about? The Futch."
- "If you have that Walt Disney ability in some way, you have to apply it. Use it. You can't be psyched out...Everything that I've ever said will hapen."
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