Couldn't help it
I just love Kanye. I love his confidence, since he can adknowledge his talent as a gift and can also appreciate it. Anyway, these are some quotes taken from mtv.com regarding his state of condfidence throughout the year.
I was always confident in myself that whatever I put my all into, I could do it. I always believed in myself. When I had wack rhymes, I thought they was hot." - June 19, 2002
"My job is to break down the barriers and show music is just music. On one hand, I've got a knowledge of my heritage; I got a pretty good background, I've been to school. But on the other hand, I like strippers. So do I not talk about strippers because I'm educated? Do I not talk about education because I like strippers? Nobody can pigeonhole me and determine what I talk about. - June 19, 2002
"People would say to me, 'Yo man, I'm sorry that happened. You can't die before we work together.' " - Kanye on other artists wishing him well after his car accident, December, 10, 2002
"Jay-Z can't be any more backpack than he is already, and Talib Kweli can't be any more commercial than he is already. Somehow I fit in the center of them both. I'm not too much either way, so I fall between everything. I'm like the 2003 A Tribe Called Quest - I'm A Guy Called West." - June 5, 2003
"I don't want to talk about it before it comes out, but it'll be unbelievable." - Kanye on producing songs for Janet Jackson's album Damita Jo, October 16, 2003
"I'm asking you all, I'm begging you all, if y'all feel this is a zero, give it a zero. If you feel like it is a five, give it a five. If y'all believe that this is the future, which is what I believe ... If y'all feel like this is what the game needs right now, if y'all feel I delivered what y'all all been waiting for, then ... I'm asking you all not to let the future pass you by and be a part of history, 'cause this is history in the making, man." - Kanye, standing on a table, addressing a group of journalists who were previewing his The College Dropout album, February 2004
"Would it be arrogance or confidence? Because I'm outspoken? Or because I feel confident? I feel like I have the right to tell you. I really like my raps." - February 2004
"All of the [videos] are groundbreaking. That song evokes so much emotion, and four minutes of imagery limits the ideas that you're supposed to give for the songs, so I had to do three." - Kanye on his three different videos for "Jesus Walks," June 22, 2004
"I felt like I was definitely robbed and I refused to give any politically correct bullsh-- ass [comment]. I make the music from my heart ... and to be able to get 'Jesus Walks' on the radio and everything that's happening, I was the best new artist this year, so get that other bullsh-- out of here." - Kanye venting about not winning Best New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards, November 14, 2004
I was always confident in myself that whatever I put my all into, I could do it. I always believed in myself. When I had wack rhymes, I thought they was hot." - June 19, 2002
"My job is to break down the barriers and show music is just music. On one hand, I've got a knowledge of my heritage; I got a pretty good background, I've been to school. But on the other hand, I like strippers. So do I not talk about strippers because I'm educated? Do I not talk about education because I like strippers? Nobody can pigeonhole me and determine what I talk about. - June 19, 2002
"People would say to me, 'Yo man, I'm sorry that happened. You can't die before we work together.' " - Kanye on other artists wishing him well after his car accident, December, 10, 2002
"Jay-Z can't be any more backpack than he is already, and Talib Kweli can't be any more commercial than he is already. Somehow I fit in the center of them both. I'm not too much either way, so I fall between everything. I'm like the 2003 A Tribe Called Quest - I'm A Guy Called West." - June 5, 2003
"I don't want to talk about it before it comes out, but it'll be unbelievable." - Kanye on producing songs for Janet Jackson's album Damita Jo, October 16, 2003
"I'm asking you all, I'm begging you all, if y'all feel this is a zero, give it a zero. If you feel like it is a five, give it a five. If y'all believe that this is the future, which is what I believe ... If y'all feel like this is what the game needs right now, if y'all feel I delivered what y'all all been waiting for, then ... I'm asking you all not to let the future pass you by and be a part of history, 'cause this is history in the making, man." - Kanye, standing on a table, addressing a group of journalists who were previewing his The College Dropout album, February 2004
"Would it be arrogance or confidence? Because I'm outspoken? Or because I feel confident? I feel like I have the right to tell you. I really like my raps." - February 2004
"All of the [videos] are groundbreaking. That song evokes so much emotion, and four minutes of imagery limits the ideas that you're supposed to give for the songs, so I had to do three." - Kanye on his three different videos for "Jesus Walks," June 22, 2004
"I felt like I was definitely robbed and I refused to give any politically correct bullsh-- ass [comment]. I make the music from my heart ... and to be able to get 'Jesus Walks' on the radio and everything that's happening, I was the best new artist this year, so get that other bullsh-- out of here." - Kanye venting about not winning Best New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards, November 14, 2004