Kanye West: 'I want to be the best'

Kanye West has set his sights on becoming 'the best performer' of his generation.

The singer said he admires the achievements of The Beatles and believes he can emulate both their success and longevity.

"Every time that I perform I'm always thinking. My plan is to be the greatest performer of this generation," he said.

"Whenever bands come out and say; 'This album is better than the Beatles,' it is impossible to make an album better than the Beatles unless you've got 30 years.

"Beatles records, people have known them their whole lives. Hopefully, five years from now people will still play 'Love Lockdown' and people will still play the records that I'm doing right now."