Kanye West unleashes a series of revealing interviews. In a new essay he wrote for Paper, West discussing controversial issues such as his role as an artist, Illuminati accusations, where he’s at in his fashion career, social media and why it’s harder for him to focus on music.

“I am not what I would consider truly a musician. I am an inventor. I am an innovator,” West says. “I care about innovating. I don’t care about capitalizing off of something that we’ve seen or heard a thousand times. I’m not a capitalist in that way. I’m an innovator. That’s my job. I like two things: I like innovating and I like making things better.”

In regards to the mundane reviews for West’s fashion line, the rapper views it as the infancy of his career as a designer. “Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side. I heard this quote from Steve Jobs: someone came up to him when he was working on something and said, ‘Hey, just do it. It will be easy.’ And he said, ‘Wait a second. Anything halfway good is at least medium hard.’ There’s no easy way out,” West said. “Just choose what you want to focus on. Right now, over 70 percent of my focus is on apparel. I haven’t even given my College Droup-Out of clothing yet. We’re still on mixtapes. ”

Almost five months after the release of “Only One,” West doesn’t seem to be any closer to releasing his new LP So Help Me God. West also admits his other interests and projects are getting in the way of his music. “It’s just harder for me to do music now, period,” West said.