* "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex." (During the 2009 VMAs)
* "I’m, like, the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix."
* "I would rather be the one controlling my success or failure."
* "That's my baby. I need y’all to stand up for mothers that was judged. Stand up for the single mothers. Stand up for the ones that was judged when their stomach got big. Stand up for every woman that ever been judged." (About Kim Kardashian's pregnancy at the 2015 MTV VMAs)
* "I just think that I’m so credible and so influential and so relevant that I think I could have too much power in this thing. I honestly feel that because I’ve done fashion, I’ve done music, I’ve done culture.” (Regarding potential involvement in politics)
* “I feel confident that my ideas are the most important ideas. There’s just nothing more important.” (Interview in 2004)
* “If I was the president, I would change it so that the 13th Amendment wasn’t there….Abolish the 13th Amendment … You know, make Juneteenth the real independence day.” (Interview with TMZ)
* “People always say, 'Money doesn’t buy happiness,' but it certainly lets you choose your own kind of misery."
* "My music isn't just music, it's a lifestyle. It's a religion."