Quote

“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

— Malachy McCourt

808s & Heartbreak

Of all the stories Donda West read to her little son at bedtime, “Pinocchio” must have been a favorite. The tale of the puppet who longed to be human obviously resonates with Kanye West. On “Pinocchio Story,” the bonus live track that turns out to be the key to his audaciously introspective fourth album, he freestyles about the character, repeatedly singing, “I want to be a real boy.”

Reality of things

“The Americans who are islamophobic are the exact same people that would be flying planes into buildings if they’d been born Muslim.”