Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way.

Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way.

I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14.

The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

I told y'all I didn't vote, right? But if I would've voted, I would've voted for Trump.

Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go.

Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.

In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.

I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory.

I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.

My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.

I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.