If you caught Kanye West’s now-iconic acceptance speech at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, you’ll probably be familiar with his particularly unique, almost entrancing speech style. While most artists might stand (for max ten minutes) and thank their colleagues and collaborators, Yeezy likes to use the opportunity to divulge his innermost thoughts and impart his wisdom, like a spontaneous collage of words being launched into the air and landing perfectly.

Last night, the artist took home the coveted Shoe of the Year award for his Yeezy Boost at this year’s FN Achievement Awards. In true form, he delivered a lengthy speech that addressed everything from his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to being a multi-million dollar rapper, his love of drawing shoes and his obsession with Mobb Deep.

He also spoke about an Alexander McQueen show being the indirect inspiration for his track “Ni**a’s in Paris”, explaining: “I was at that McQueen show that he dedicated to his muse that had the wings and everything. I snuck in because they wouldn’t let me in because I’m a celebrity, and he was kind of disappointed when he saw me like, ‘I thought I said no celebrities’. I remembered Jay-Z texted me like, ‘Get off that runway’ because we had an album to finish. And I was like, ‘I’m not leaving’. So we brought all the ni**as to Paris and wrote a song about it…People were always like, ‘Why do you love fashion so much? Why don’t you love music?’ but one of my songs came from the pursuit of another art form.”

Watch the video in its entirety above.