Nary a week goes by without the irrepressible Kanye West coming through with a “did he actually say that?” quotable quote. The latest gem to have sprung forth from the rapper-cum-vocoded musical mogul’s lips occurred at the American Music Awards just a few days ago.

The publicly voted awards were dominated by Kanye, along with fellow chart sensations Chris Brown, Rihanna and Alicia Keys, and it’s been said that West stole the show with one of his, now trademark, outrageous acceptance speeches.

“I wake up every morning thinking, ‘What stereotypes do I wanna break?’” Kanye said when accepting an award. “It’s up to artists to push one another. We’ll push each other to be the new Beatles, the new Hendrix… I wanna be Elvis.”

We’ll assume Kanye means he wants to become one of the most seminal solo musical artists of our generation, not that he wants to develop a penchant for eating his food only in deep fried form, then die on his toilet at age of 42…

Don’t forget, Kanye tours Australia in a few weeks time, bringing his critically acclaimed �?Glow In The Dark’ show down under for the first time, with Nas and Scribe also coming along for the ride.