Kanye on Kanye

On “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” there’s a really affectionate scene where you go and help Kim sort through her clothes.

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.

Did you think differently about family after your mother passed?

Yeah, because my mother was — you know, I have family, but I was with my mother 80 percent of the time. My mom was basically — [pause]

Was your family.

Yeah, that’s all I have to say about that.

Jon Caramanica of the New York Times published an actually epic interview with Kanye “Don’t do press, but I get the most press” West this week. The entire thing is quotable, so just go read it with the knowledge that no one on earth is smarter about Kanye West than Kanye West himself. “I love the fact that I’m bad at [things], you know what I’m saying?” he says, of his singing on 808s & Heartbreak. “I’m forever the 35-year-old 5-year-old. I’m forever the 5-year-old of something.” Read it here.

Yeezus, Kanye’s new album, is out next Tuesday.