From TMZ:

First Tom Cruise, now Kanye West is comparing his profession to BEING AT WAR … saying just like soldiers and cops, HE PUTS HIS LIFE ON THE LINE when he goes to work.

Yeezus made the statements to Saturday Night Online this weekend, saying rapping is very dangerous work — “This is like being a police officer or something … or like war or something.”

“You’re literally going out to do your job every day knowing that something could happen to you.”

But Kanye says it’s not JUST the physical risks (he says he could slip on the stage) … KW also risks getting his feelings hurt — because people could watch a show and decide they don’t like him.

Yeah, just like a cop or a soldier.

The above header is taken from an interview that Kanye West’s conducted at Miami’s Art Basel (that Rolling Stone was present for)…..he was also asked about upcoming projects, and this is what was said:

West also offered some brief insight into his next album project during the talk. “I think my next album is going to be eight songs,” West said. “It’s just reducing down the amount of information that you need. People say a design is the point where you can’t take anything else away. [Yeezus] was very, very designed. I took a departure from radio and popular music in order to get this seat here. If I hadn’t made Yeezus, I wouldn’t be sitting here with this cool font at Basel right here.”