- YOU'RE GETTING SUCH GREAT REVIEWS FOR THE TOUR.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE RAVING ABOUT THIS TOUR,
WHICH I REALLY AM DYING TO SEE.
WHEN YOU'RE BACK IN ANAHEIM, I'M COMING TO SEE YOU.
BUT THIS IS "ROLLING STONE" SAYING "AWE-INSPIRING.
"WEST'S ENERGY LEVEL WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
"TRULY ELECTRIFYING.
"THE STAGE WAS AS IMAGINED AND EXECUTED BY WEST
WAS TRULY SOMETHING TO BEHOLD."
"NEW YORK TIMES" SAYS, "BOMBASTIC AND ORNATE.
"MUSIC'S MOST THEATRICAL FIGURE.
A CATHARTIC, BRUISING SHOW, TRANSFIXING."
MTV NEWS, "AN EXHILARATING TWO-HOUR EXPERIENCE FOR FANS."
AND IT'S JUST-- AND THAT IS WHAT YOU--
'CAUSE YOU ARE AN ARTIST,
AND REALLY, ESPECIALLY, A PERFORMANCE ARTIST, I THINK.
YOU OBVIOUSLY, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WRITE BRILLIANT LYRICS,
BUT YOU ALSO PERFORM IN A WAY THAT YOU ARE AN ARTIST,
AND SO TO SEE YOU LIVE WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE.
- I THINK A MISCONCEPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE
ABOUT THE WAY I CREATE IS THAT IT'S AN "I, I, I" THING,
AND THE REASON WHY I CREATED DONDA,
WHICH IS A CONTENT, EXPERIENCE, AND PRODUCT COMPANY,
WAS TO CREATE A THINK TANK WITH OTHER AMAZING ARTISTS
AND LET US BOUNCE IDEAS,
AND NO ONE HAS REIGN; IT'S JUST THE BEST IDEA WINS.
SO I'M ACTUALLY WORKING WITH VANESSA BEECROFT,
WHO IS ACTUALLY A PERFORMANCE ARTIST
THAT COMES FROM THE ART WORLD AND HAS SOLD PRINTS,
AND, YOU KNOW, IS LITERALLY IN THAT, YOU KNOW,
ART BASEL AND RICHARD PRINCE-- THAT TYPE OF TERRITORY.
THEN I HAVE A CHOREOGRAPHER FROM PRAGUE.
THEN I'LL HAVE THREE SOUND GUYS
AND I'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEVEN MUSIC PRODUCERS
AND I'LL HAVE A PASTOR TO COME IN AS WE TELL THE STORY,
BECAUSE WE DO BRING AN IMAGE OR A VERSION OF CHRIST OUT ONSTAGE,
BECAUSE I'M A CHRISTIAN.
AND WE ALL TALK ABOUT IT
AND COME UP WITH THE BEST IDEAS TOGETHER.
WE COLLECT OUR THOUGHTS.
AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT--
YOU KNOW, I CAN HAVE AN OPINION ON OTHER FIELDS,
LIKE FILM OR FASHION, IS BECAUSE MY PLAN IS NOT TO BECOME,
YOU KNOW, THE BEST FASHION DESIGNER
OR THE BEST FILMMAKER.
IT'S JUST TO TAKE A PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE
OFF THE ENERGY THAT WE'VE CREATED ONLINE,
IN THE STREETS, THROUGH STREET CULTURE,
THROUGH CLOTHING, THROUGH VIBE, SWAG, MUSIC, SONICS,
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE IN THE WAY I'VE DONE HERE,
AND THEN APPLY THAT TO CREATE THE NEW DISNEY.
AND THEN I GET A LOT OF BACKLASH
FOR COMPARING MYSELF TO STEVE JOBS,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY DREAM, AND THAT'S MY--
LIKE, ONE OF MY IDOLS.
LIKE, JESUS CHRIST, MY DAD, AND STEVE JOBS AND STUFF
ARE, LIKE, MY IDOLS,
AND I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT ONE DAY.
AND, LIKE, HOW CAN--AT 36-- I'M ONLY 36,
SAYING, HEY, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING SIMPLER, BETTER,
EASIER, REASONABLY PRICED PRODUCTS TO THE WORLD.
I WANT TO BRING AWESOMENESS TO THE WORLD.
I WANT TO DO FILMS. I WANT TO DO THIS.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE THEY'D RATHER LAUGH AT YOU
AND MAKE A SPOOF ABOUT YOU,
WHEN THEY REALLY SHOULD BE HELPING YOU
AND INVESTING IN YOU
OR HELPING THE WORLD SEE THIS IN THIS LIGHT.
THE PAPARAZZI IS COMPLETELY DISTRACTING
TO THE THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE.
GOD GAVE ME EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED,
AND NOW I WANT TO TAKE A PIECE OF THAT JOY THAT I'M FEELING
AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE HELPED MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR ME.
[cheers and applause]
- WE'LL TAKE IT.
WE'LL TAKE THAT JOY.
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK, BUT I'LL SAY THIS.
I THINK--KANYE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE--
YOU'RE SO UNIQUE.
YOU'RE SO DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK, AS WE KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE IS SAYING THINGS
THAT THEY'RE NOT USED TO HEARING AND SEEING THINGS
THAT ARE NEW AND DIFFERENT,
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
SO I THINK THAT IS-- YOU ARE A TRUE ARTIST,
AND, YOU KNOW, I ADMIRE THAT YOU ARE HONEST
AND AUTHENTIC TO YOURSELF.
AND I THINK THE PROBLEM IS,
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOU,
'CAUSE YOU'RE A LOT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
- [laughs] YEAH.
- IT'S OKAY TO BE A LOT.
ALL RIGHT, A LITTLE LATER ON,
KANYE'S GONNA SHOW US THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HIS NEW VIDEO.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH ELIZABETH BANKS AFTER THIS.