Twitter, August 2010
On vertical travel:
"In life...Sometimes you gotta just wait for the next elevator"
Associated Press, November 2008
"I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice... It's me settling into that position of just really accepting that it's one thing to say you want to do it and it's another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan."
"All Falls Down," April 2004
On economics:
"Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack / And a white man get paid off of all of that"
Twitter, July 2010
"Dating models I had to learn to like small dogs and cigarettes"
Today Show, November 2010
On how he's basically just like President George W. Bush:
"I think we're all quick to pull a race card in America. And now I'm more open, and the poetic justice that I feel, to have went through the same thing that he went [through]—and now I really more connect with him on just a humanitarian level."
Reuters, May 2009
On books:
"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books."
The Daily Mirror , August 2010
"I'm like a tree, I feed the branches of the people."
Twitter, July 2010
On home decor:
"I specifically ordered persian rugs with cherub imagery!!! What do I have to do to get a simple persian rug with cherub imagery uuuuugh"
VH1 Storytellers, February 2009
On missing out:
"I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live."
MTV Video Music Awards, September 2009
On the art and craft of music videos:
"Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. Imma let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time."
"Big Brother," September 2007
"If you admire somebody, you should go 'head and tell em' / People never get the flowers while they can still smell 'em."
Twitter, September 2010
On martial arts:
"Man...ninjas are kind of cool...I just don't know any personally"
Twitter, September 2009
"With new found humility...who am I to run on stage? I would never ever again in a million years do that. Sorry to let you down."
Details, March 2009
"I got into doing beats for the video games I used to try to make. My game was very sexual. The main character was, like, a giant penis. It was like Mario Brothers, but the ghosts were, like, vaginas. Mind you, I'm 12 years old, and this is stuff 30-year-olds are programming."
Twitter, October 2010
"I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle... It's like someone leaving a child at your door...you gotta make sure it stays put...you gotta hold it when the plane is landing."
Thank You and You're Welcome, March 2009
"I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness"
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