Before Kanye said no to anymore interviews, Noah Callahan-Bever of Complex magazine did a very personal interview with the star while he lived in Hawaii. He lived with Kanye, including spending time with him in the studio while creating his current album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The interview gives insight on the type of artist Kanye is and how hard he works. There are also quotes from the artist that were featured on the album and how working with Kanye was for them.

Here is a portion of the interview below:

“Kanye West was over it, he said. Done with music. He’d clearly needed a break, and his subconscious had manufactured one. Now, he was all about fashion—red leather, gold details, and recapturing the decadence of late-’90s hip-hop in design. While I encouraged his pursuit since he was so obviously enthused, I confessed that it’d be a bummer if he abandoned music altogether. In response, he shared rhymes from a still-never-released song he’d done with Jay-Z and Jack White and talked at length about trying to master the physicality of rap. He also admitted that he had beats in his head—ones that sounded like 808s melodies over Mobb Deep drums, no less—that he had to get out. But he was over it. Riiiiiiiight.

You can read the full interview here.