I performed it all the way through for people. People would say, “We love you, we want to sign you,” and then there’d always be one person who’d say, “He’s just a producer.”
I could never be in a situation with a job where I was not allowed to listen to music all day. I would rather work at a fast food restaurant where I could turn on the radio all day rather than be in a situation where I have to sneak and listen to music.
I would rather sit in a factory than sit in a Maybach.
It’s about whatever I want to make it about. It’s my world.
What’s the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it’s possible.
Okay, for me, first of all, dopeness is what I like the most.
Do you think there’d be a Givenchy in the hood if it wasn’t for that South Park photo?
What happens if a drone falls right next to her?
Come on now! How could you be me and want to be someone else?
I gave him his first TV and he needs to remember that.
Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe.
Thank God I’m not too cool for a seatbelt.
It’s a tough world out there. You’re going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees – and usually when you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.
If I were to write my title like going through the airport and you have to put down what you do? I would literally write ‘creative genius’ except for two reasons: Sometimes it takes too long to write that and sometimes I spell the word ‘genius’ wrong. The irony.
But I think I’m on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That’s more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
I can’t be a slave to the machine, you feel like you’re in the matrix.
What I had to learn from Kim is how to take more of her advice and less of other people’s advice. There’s a lot of Kim K skills that were added. In order to win at life, you need some Kim K skills, period.
The longer your gevity is, the more confidence you build.
What if you’re Gaudi and you know you’re the best architect and everyone is saying that you’re saying you’re the best architect the wrong way?
Everything in the world is exactly the same.