Kanye Omari West是美国说唱歌手、唱片制作人和时装设计师。他在21世纪主流嘻哈音乐和流行音乐的发展中具有影响力。
My favorite record label of all time is Motown. That era of music was my favorite.
我最喜欢的唱片公司是摩城。那个音乐时代是我的最爱。
All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race.
所有这些墙都让我们无法像一个家庭或一个种族那样互相相爱——种族主义、宗教，我们在那里长大，无论在哪里，阶级，社会经济——都让我们如此自私和骄傲，使我们不想帮助下一个人，是什么使我们如此专注于个人遗产而不是种族的全部遗产。
I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.
我永远不会想要一本书的签名。我是一个不读书的人。
This dark diction has become America's addiction.
这种阴暗的措辞已经成为美国的毒瘾。
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
他们说除了耶稣你什么都可以说唱，那意味着枪，性，谎言，录像带，但是如果我谈论上帝，我的唱片就不会播放了，是吗？
But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.
但要让我有机会站在一群高管面前展示自己，我必须以自己的方式努力。我不能告诉你他们没有得到那是多么令人沮丧。不是开玩笑-我总是哭着离开会议。
The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me.
对我来说，风险就在于不吃——这是唯一对我来说真正有风险的事情。
I am not a fan of books.
我不喜欢书。