Shokingly Cocky Quotes!

From: http://spinner.com

Kanye West wasn't the first star to get too big for his britches. Recording contracts have come with an egotism clause since the beginning of music. Lucky for us, big-headed rants are often said on-the-record. Spinner counts down the 20 cockiest quotes from some of music's most loveable megalomaniacs.

20.

"I have a look that girls want to copy."
-- Avril Lavigne

19.

"We're kind of an international phenomenon."
-- Michael Stipe

18. "This album is one of the best albums in the past 20 years."
-- Brandon Flowers of the Killers on 'Sam's Town'

17.

"I won't be happy until I'm as famous as God."
-- Madonna

16.

"I am the most well-known homosexual in the world."
-- Elton John

15.

"The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!"
-- Justin Timberlake

14.

"I am a thing of beauty."
-- Frank Sinatra

13.

"I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend."
-- Freddie Mercury

12.

"I'm tired of people calling me a devil worshipper ... Because if the Devil did exist, he'd be worshipping me."
-- Marilyn Manson

11.

"Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n' roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it."
-- Jon Bon Jovi

10.

"If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection it will melt all the rest of your records."
-- David Lee Roth

9.

"I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature."
-- Courtney Love

8.

"I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500."
-- James Brown

7.

"In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best."
-- Mariah Carey

6.

"I'm gonna go down in history as being one of the best music men and businessmen in entertainment ... The people that I'm going to be greater than are Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Clive Davis."
-- Diddy

5.

"I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!"
-- Little Richard

4. "Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left."
-- Gene Simmons

3.

"We're more popular than Jesus now."
-- John Lennon

2.

"I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music."
-- Kanye West

1. "We're not arrogant. We just believe we're the best band in the world."
-- Noel Gallagher of Oasis