“I’m just giving of my body on the stage and putting my life at risk, literally. […] And I think about it. I think about my family and I’m like, wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.”

— Kanye West

Interview for Saturday Night Online [3:12]. http://www.saturdaynightonline.com/media/play/24063493/

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