In a rant on his blog: “This is the most offended I’ve ever been…this is the maddest I ever will be. I’m typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!!”

In an 2008 interview with DJ Semtex: “I don’t even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.”

After collecting the Billboard Music Award for Artist Of The Year: “I still think I am the greatest.”

On a live television appeal for the victims of Hurricane Katrina: “George Bush doesn't care about black people.”

On books: "I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph."

On missing out on the award for Best Video at the MTV EMAs 2006: "I paid a million! It took a month to film! I stood on a mountain! I flew a helicopter over Vegas! I did it to be the king of all videos!"

On the fallout from Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna: “Can’t we give Chris [Brown] a break?…. O.J. Simpson, amazing. Is he not? What he did, when he did, what he did. Was he not amazing though?” (VH1 Storytellers, 2009)

While interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance Speech at the 2009 MTV VMAs: “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you. Imma let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.”

On people’s reaction to his outburst at the MTV VMAs 2009: “I became George Bush over night."

Addressing his fans on his blog at the start of 2010: “LET US JUST LOOK PAST HEADLINES AND DEAL WITH JUST A BIT OF REALITY IN THIS NEW DECADE.”