Here’s my latest feelings on Kanye West–I can’t. In an interview that spanned over three days with the New York Times, Kanye experienced a full on Twitter rant…in real life. God bless Jon Carmanica for granting us full-access into the inner thoughts of one of Hip-Hop’s most tortured artists.
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From dissing the White people who beat him at the Grammy’s, to defending his baby’s mother while claiming not to have a child to a dramatic retelling of his 8th grade basketball tryouts, Kanye West delivered an unlimited number of quotes that are sure to go down in history for being the [Kanye voice] greatest interview of ALL TIME! I feel like nothing else is worth mentioning because everything you need to know, is below, complete with celebrity reactions. Enjoy!
On Arguing For His Place In History:
“I’m going to use my platform to tell people that they’re not being fair. Anytime I’ve had a big thing that’s ever pierced and cut across the Internet, it was a fight for justice. Justice. And when you say justice, it doesn’t have to be war. Justice could just be clearing a path for people to dream properly. It could be clearing a path to make it fair within the arena that I play. You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, “This is wrong.”
On His Grammy Wins:
“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 Fighting For Justin Timberlake (no, really):
“I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. But after a while, it’s like: “Wait a second; this isn’t fair. This is a setup.” I remember when both Gnarls Barkley and Justin [Timberlake] lost for Album of the Year, and I looked at Justin, and I was like: “Do you want me to go onstage for you? You know, do you want me to fight…”
On Being The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread:
“I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things. So when the next little girl that wants to be, you know, a musician and give up her anonymity and her voice to express her talent and bring something special to the world, and it’s time for us to roll out and say, “Did this person have the biggest thing of the year?” — that thing is more fair because I was there.”
On Awesomeness:
“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 His Relationship With The Public:
“I don’t have some type of romantic relationship with the public. I’m like, the anti-celebrity, and my music comes from a place of being anti.”
On Visiting Old Men:
“If you walk into an old man’s house, they’re not giving nothing. They’re at 100 percent exactly what they want to do.”
On Being 5-Years-Old:
“Yeah. I love the fact that I’m bad at [things], you know what I’m saying? I’m forever the 35-year-old 5-year-old. I’m forever the 5-year-old of something.”
On Being In Love With A Woman:
“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. I’m the type of rock star that likes to have a girlfriend, you know? I’m the type of soul that likes to be in love and likes to be able to focus. And that inspires me.”
On Fatherhood:
“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. 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 Way He Dresses:
“You even see the way I dress now is so super straight.”
On Self-Realization:
“I think just more actual self-realization and self-belief. The longer your ‘gevity is, the more confidence you build. 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 Christmas Presents:
“If you don’t make Christmas presents, meaning making something that’s so emotionally connected to people, don’t talk to me.”
In Closing:
“Yeah, respect my trendsetting abilities. Once that happens, everyone wins. The world wins; fresh kids win; creatives win; the company wins. I am the nucleus.”
These quotes are so epic, I feel like the interview is fake and Jon’s going to post a big, “GOTCHA!” But we all know how unpredictable and unintentionally hilarious Kanye can be. But there’s obviously a lot of things Kanye needs right now and one of those things is a hug. What did you think about this interview? Let’s chat on Twitter! @Rhapsodani
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