Kanye West has shared some interesting philosophical ideas throughout his career, but none of it ever came from a book.
In a new interview with ‘Alo Mind Full’ podcast, Kanye reveals that he has never read a book.
“When you said I hadn’t read this book, I actually haven’t read any book,” he told host Danny Harris. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me. And talking is like getting the Giorgio Baldi corn ravioli.”
After Harris shared his love for his favorite piece of literature, Kanye chose to offer a piece of advice.
“There’s two people: the man who thinks they can and the man who thinks they can’t. And they’re both right,” Kanye said. “That’s what you were saying, but that was like a simplified version.”
Harris responded, “Yeah, the one who wins the race is the one who believes they can. The oak lies in the acorn.”
Later in the interview, Kanye says he too believes the world of the future will be similar to George Lucas’s ‘Star Wars.’ While discussing robots, Kanye added that ‘Star Wars’ is his “college” and admitted to having “a tendency to be paranoid of robots.”
“When I see the way those robots are working in the factory, I walk through that space and know that in the same way we have a position of influence now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now, we’ll have a position and influence,” Kanye said. “And some of the people that are very influential now will still be influential then.”
He adds, “But the world will be a lot more like all the ideas that George Lucas channeled in Star Wars. He was channeling. Like, how do you invent Pixar? That’s a lesser-known thing that George Lucas went and put people together to invent Pixar.”
