Adolf Hitler
“I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street and people look at me like I’m fu**ing insane, like I’m Hitler. One day the light will shine through and one day people will understand everything I ever did.” -Big Chill Music Festival, 2011.
God
"When someone comes along and says something like ‘I am a God,’ everybody says ‘Who does he think he is?’ I just told you who I thought I was. A God. I just told you. That’s who I think I am." -BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, 2013
Jesus Christ
"When I compare myself to Steve Jobs, or Walt Disney… Howard Hughes, David Stern, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Jesus… I’m saying these are my heroes." -Rolling Stone, 2014.
Barack Obama
"No one is looking at what [Barack Obama] is wearing. Michelle Obama cannot Instagram a pic like what my girl Instagrammed the other day." -Ryan Seacrest interview, 2013.
Walt Disney
"I am Warhol! I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh. Walt Disney, Nike, Google." -Sway in the Morning, 2013
Beethoven
"I am flawed as a human being… but my music is perfect... You could go back to Beethoven and s***, but as far as this lifetime, though, this is all you got." -2012 Interview.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I had a dream that I was Martin Luther King. I had a dream, I had a dream, I had a dream. I had a dream, I had a dream. And I’m not afraid to dream out loud.” -Tampa, 2013
Socrates
“I’m Socrates, but my skin more chocolatey.” -Lyrics from "See Me Now."
Donald Trump
“Balding, Donald Trump taking dollars from y’all.” -Lyrics from “So Appalled.“
Michael Jackson
"I would not be Kanye West if it wasn't for Michael Jackson. But I was able to ascend to massive heights. And I've got to a point that Michael Jackson did not break down. I have reached the glass ceiling, as a creative person, as a celebrity, and I've been at it for 10 years.”
Christopher Columbus
“I’m Christopher Columbus, y’all just the Pilgrims” -Lyrics from “Swagga Like Us.”
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