Kanye West On Impending Fatherhood: This Isn’t America’s Baby

We haven’t heard much from Kanye
West ever since he announced that he
and Kim Kardashian are expecting
their first child together – hell we
haven’t seen much of him with the
mom-to-be – but he’s speaking out
now.
In a candid interview with the New
York Times, Kanye opened up about
his relationship with Kim, impending
fatherhood, the Grammys, Taylor Swift
and more.
On his thoughts about parenthood:
“That is a really interesting, powerful
question. One of the things was just
to be protective, that I would do
anything to protect my child or my
child’s mother. As simple as that.”
On feeling protective over his
unborn daughter: “I don’t want to
explain too much into what my
thoughts on, you know, fatherhood
are, because I’ve not fully developed
those thoughts yet. I don’t have a kid
yet. I just don’t want to talk to America
about my family. Like, this is my baby.
This isn’t America’s baby.”
On giving Kim’s closet a makeover
on Keeping Up With The
Kardashians: “That was from a place
of love. It’s hard when people read
things in a lot of different ways. You
know, the amount of backlash I got
from it is when I decided to not be on
the show anymore. And it’s not that I
have an issue with the show; I just
have an issue with the amount of
backlash that I get. Because I just see
like, an amazing person that I’m in
love with that I want to help.”
On his relationship with Kim: “Any
woman that you’re in love with or that
loves you is going to command a
certain amount of, you know, energy.
It’s actually easier to focus, in some
ways. I’m the type of rock star that
likes to have a girlfriend, you know?
I’m the type of soul that likes to be in
love and likes to be able to focus. And
that inspires me.”
On his fashions from 7 years ago:
“Yeah, kill self. That’s all I have to say.
Kill self.”
On having regrets: “I don’t have one
regret. If anyone’s reading this waiting
for some type of full-on, flat apology
for anything, they should just stop
reading right now.”
On why he apologized to Taylor
Swift: “I think that I have like, faltered,
you know, as a human. My message
isn’t perfectly defined. I have, as a
human being, fallen to peer
pressure.”
On not caring about the Grammys:
“[My Beautiful] Dark [Twisted] Fantasy”
and “Watch the Throne”: neither was
nominated for Album of the Year, and
I made both of those in one year. I
don’t know if this is statistically right,
but I’m assuming I have the most
Grammys of anyone my age, but I
haven’t won one against a white
person. But the thing is, I don’t care
about the Grammys; I just would like
for the statistics to be more accurate.”
On why he protests when he
doesn’t win: “I don’t want them to
rewrite history right in front of us. At
least, not on my clock. I really
appreciate the moments that I was
able to win rap album of the year or
whatever. But after a while, it’s like:
“Wait a second; this isn’t fair. This is a
setup.” I remember when both Gnarls
Barkley and Justin [Timberlake] lost
for Album of the Year, and I looked at
Justin, and I was like: “Do you want
me to go onstage for you? You know,
do you want me to fight” — For
what’s right.”