Kanye West on Beck rant at Grammys: 'I was innaccurate'

LONDON, June 23 (UPI) -- While Kanye West may be know for his award show-interrupting antics, he recently acknowledge he was "inaccurate" in his criticisms of Beck at the 2015 Grammy Awards.

In a new interview with The Sunday Times, the "New Slaves" artist discussed why his rant against Beck's Best Album win at the 57th Annual Grammys was wrong.

West told the newspaper he shouldn't have told Beck to "respect artistry" and forfeit the Grammy award to Beyonce for her ground-breaking self-titled album.

"I'm fine to apologize for inaccuracies," West said in the interview. "You know, I send flowers for inaccuracies. I talked to Beck's wife [Marissa Ribisi], and I think I had a point about Beyonce's album, but I think I was inaccurate with the concept of a gentleman who plays 14 instruments not respecting artistry."

Us Weekly reported that a few weeks after his "post-Grammys tirade," West apologized on Twitter saying, "I would like to publicly apologize to Beck, I'm sorry Beck."

Although he was humble in regard to being wrong about Beck's Morning Phase album, the performer didn't hesitate to compare himself to the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo while discussing the topic of his constant self renewal.

"Imagine if da Vinci or Michelangelo or Galileo were asked not to think of anything except for the one thing they first became famous for," West said. "So da Vinci could only have one idea."

West is "infamous for comparing himself to greats such as Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, and Walt Disney," according to US Weekly.

But the rapper quickly defended his bold statement in the U.K. interview by comparing himself to a chair.

"For all haters, I'm not saying I'm da Vinci, but I feel it's right for any human being to compare themselves to anything," West said. "I could compare myself to this chair, I'm saying, 'I've got all this on my back, so I'm a chair.' People get really uptight about my comparisons, but I'm an extreme speaker, and I speak through comparisons."

West is currently on tour with a performance at the Glastonbury Festival 2015 in Pilton, England.