Kanye West Quotes on Music (9 Quotes)

...my music isn't just music- it's medicine.

Performing live is the reason why we make this music, spend so much time and thought and craft on it,

Whatever happened to making that black music n---a ... It's certain people that get certain accolades, and they forget. This song, 'Crack Music,' has a few layers because it says that this is the music that's made from the crack generation.

During my high school years, it's the music that I really felt saved me. It kept me out of the streets, it kept me from getting into trouble, it gave me something to do when I got kicked off the basketball team. You just get lost in the music. That's what I did.

Clear Channel Radio announced today a new lineup of artists to appear on its online video series, Stripped. ... artists who thrive on performing without the typical studio and video embellishments. Just music, raw and real.

It's hard when people are depending on you to have an album that's not just good, but inspired. I mean, my music isn't just music -- it's medicine. I want my songs to touch people, to give them what they need. Every time I make an album, I'm trying to make a cure for cancer, musically.

Music hasn't been taken this far in years since Stevie (Wonder) did it. Since Prince did it,

I didn't even want to do the label thing, ... I just did it to give people the opportunity to get their dreams out. That's why it's called Getting Out Our Dreams. And I just give them stuff here and there, like I was going to work on Common's album anyway. Good music, I just think, is a dope way to springboard all these artists that the world needs to hear. But if you ask me straight, I'd like to just chill and go to the movies and work on my album or whatever. I'm not really on (the label) like that.

Themes are important to me, but the beats are what catches someone's ear and makes a record a hit, ... The music is more important than anything. You can have instrumental tracks and people will listen to it. But if you put a really good theme to a bad beat, no one will care about it.