Kanye West Quotes

I'm not like John Lennon, who thought he was the great Almighty. I just think I'm John Lennon.

People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, 'He knows he's a good player,' but without taking it to that level where it's, 'He's an arrogant so-and-so.'

I'm kind of arrogant and cocky when I play... It's kind of weird. It's like I have split personalities.

My motto is, 'You may not be as good as you think you are, but thinking you are is good.'

You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.

I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?

Clearly I've got an ego.

I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world.

I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ.

I can't assume that people see me the way I see myself. I have to show them. But I can't do it in a way where it's too much, where it's rude. I feel like when you're a king, you lead. And I just see myself as a king, or as something more than just a regular human being.

I do not walk around imaging myself to be intimidating or smart.

People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky - this is just what I see.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.