Kanye West

All this is saying is, OK I see now, the ‘hood does not quite want Shirley Bassey yet, so let me still give them this. Crack Music was made after Diamonds. After black people were like, ‘I don’t know about this one.’ It was like me reaching too high for the cookie jar.

I don’t have a sound bite for everything.

I love Obama. I’m sure we’ll hang out, go to Richard Branson’s island. It’ll be cool.

I’ll take opinions from anyone from Jay-Z to a janitor, and I might value the janitor’s opinion more.

On Jimmy Kimmel we had a great time having a dialogue. I’m reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait. I wasn’t stumped. I wasn’t given a chance to answer the question.

People say you can’t please everyone all the time. I don’t believe that. I think you can. I’m not like, ‘Oh I’m Kanye West.’ I’m like, ‘Oh you don’t like it? Oh wow!’ To the point where I know you have to like it.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

You will have failures in your life, but it is what you do during those valleys that will determine the heights of your peaks.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

An obstacle is often a stepping stone.

Be yourself. No one else can be you.

The best way to get a better answer is to start asking a better question.

You will reap what you sow,’ rings true again. And you will be reaping it. A good thing to think about.

You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things to compete. You can just be an ordinary person, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun ‘at work’ and getting paid for it!

Making money isn’t about what you learned in school. It’s about our values, strengths, weaknesses, and interests.

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.