“I think, with production, I pay very close attention. ‘Cause that’s my favorite thing in music. That’s the whole drive. That’s the reason.”

You say You love, Don’t you lie.

In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don’t care about nothing else! This dude saved my life.

I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.

Even when shits dark. Your spirit is light.

Everybody just has different steps in their life that they take to do what they should.

I feel like God put me here to help out with people’s soul, man. God put me here to help out with people’s soul, man.

Keep on loving in the face of hate.

You grow up in a small community, there’s no outlet like New York or L.A.

Need ya love, not a need it is a must.

Make money not friends.

You’ve gotta really touch people to move them to buy your records.

I was in early on with ‘Yeezus.’

I love my fans more than anything.

I was born in Houston, Texas. I grew up in Houston, by Missouri City. It’s, like, a suburb in the area; it’s middle-class. But I used to stay with my grandma in the hood from ages one to six.

How do I block you in real life?

I think of Westernized culture as a good visual for my music.

If something catches your attention, it’s probably going to catch the attention of others, too.

Average is a failing plan! Average doesn’t work in any area of life. Anything that you give only average amounts of attention to will start to subside and will eventually cease to exist.

From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That’s one of the positive features of markets. That’s why they function.

When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There’s a lesson there.

Commercials capture your attention, that’s all.

Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.

Success tends to bless those who are most committed to giving it the most attention.