Kanye West Shares First Photo of North West and Talks Family, Fame and More on Kris Jenner's Talk Show

One of his more revealing interviews.

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Kanye West shared a photo of North West on Kris (Kris Jenner's talk show) today "to stop all the noise" and because he "thought it would be really cool on her grandmother's season finale."
His hour-long interview aired this morning where Kanye talked all about the paparazzi, fatherhood, North West, and more. 

He even addressed Obama talking about him and Kim Kardashian, and said they were "the new American Dream."

Watch the full interview below via Yardie: 

We lived tweeted the interview for those who can't tune in. Read some of his quotes below:

"It's sometimes difficult for me to deal with the press."-Kanye
"When I'm just walking down the street I'm a bit more shy and nervous. That doesn't come off when I'm rapping."-Kanye
"She brought us in something to drink in the studio when she was Brandy's assistant." Kanye on meeting Kim for the first time.
"I remember being so nervous around her, and so in awe. I was in love with her before I even got to talk to her."-Kanye on Kim
"Being in the limelight, you have to have a match. There were people you would date who would date you to be more famous.."-Kanye
"Since my mom passed it was very difficult to find love."-Kanye
"There's times when I wasn't with her, I wanted be with her so bad I thought about taking up sports."-Kanye about Kim.
"I had Giuseppe Zanotti sketch out shoes just for her."-Kanye
"That shows how much I love her. That I can have people saying this can damage your credibility... I don't care."-Kanye
"The thing I think about as a dad, is protection. My only goal is to protect my daughter."-Kanye
"A big thing that plagues us, is this idea of paparazzi chasing a five year old, and screaming at them."-Kanye
"I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well."-Kanye
"It's hard to smile when you know that people, for one thing, they're around you to only make money off of you."-Kanye on paparazzi
"At a certain point there is boundaries that need to be set. I'm going to talk to the Mayor of L.A. and New York about zoning." Kanye/paps
"I got all of my artistic ability from my dad & all of my music ability from my mom's side, I'm more of a visual artist," - Kanye.
Wow, Kris actually showed a photo that Kanye sent to Kim a few years back with himself photoshopped on their Christmas card. Wow.
Kanye photoshopped himself into the Kardashian Christmas card. Haa pic.twitter.com/k9L6ZPJVju
"Obama basically said we're the new American Dream," Kanye.

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