Kanye on Joe Rogan was a fascinating conversation.

Here's a thread of the most powerful quotes I took away from it.

Warning: If you think Kanye is crazy, don't read this thread. You won't like what he has to say.

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Kanye on why he's running for president

"“There couldn’t be a better time to put a visionary in the captain's chair”
Kanye on the problems in the world

"Everyone is responsible."

When people face problems, their first instinct is to find a someone or something to blame.
"The Entertainment industry is trying to tear down anybody who isn't with the flow”
Kanye on the parallels between the music business and mass media in general

“There's a complete parallel between how the music industry works and the way the world currently works”
Kanye on how he gets ideas from other people....

"I’m going to listen to kids instead of super programmed out adults"
Kanye on racism against black Americans

“Racism stops when we don’t have to put the word ‘black’ in front of it”
“I think very three dimensionally. I don’t think in the black and white lines that I’ve been programmed to think in.”
“I think in full colour. When I talk. I have to describe the talk in five different ways.”
“When I talk it’s not a rant. It’s a symphony of ideas”

"I just tell the truth and when I tell the truth it sounds crazy in a world full of lies"
“Faith is the opposite of fear”
“We don’t have to have the internet.”
“Relationships are a better currency than money”
“I believe we’re in the movie. I believe we’re in the game.”
“Our greatest kryptonite is doubt.”
“You’re crazy until you’re right.”
“The artist defines culture”
“We’re all children. If you’re alive, you are young.”
“I never make the wrong decision when I have all the information”
“The world has been designed to keep us sick.”
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