As he prepares to perform at Glastonbury, Kanye West has compared himself to some of the Renaissance’s finest brains, including Leonardo da Vinci.

Yeezy, a 38-year-old American rapper who has previously likened himself to Pablo Picasso, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Andy Warhol, Shakespeare, and even Jesus, claimed he opposes convention and has battled, purchased, and spit his way out of being caged into a single genre for the past 12 years.

Kanye recently gave an interview to the Sunday Times, and he didn’t exactly minimize his crossover success in classic Kanye way.

“Imagine if [Leonardo] da Vinci or Michelangelo or Galileo [Galilei] were asked not to think of anything except for the one thing they first became famous for,” he said. “So da Vinci could only have one idea.”

“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. I could compare myself to this chair, I’m saying, ‘I’ve got one 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,” he added.

He’s even compared himself to Steve Jobs or Walt Disney previously, saying on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2013: “When I compare myself to Steve Jobs, or Walt Disney… Howard Hughes, David Stern, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Jesus… I’m saying these are my heroes.”

West, a producer-entrepreneur who has expanded from music to become a fashion designer, is one of America’s most polarizing figures. More than 130,000 people have signed a petition to have him removed off the Glastonbury lineup, which he is set to headline on Saturday, calling his music “injustice.”

The 38-year-old artist may be expecting to be compared favorably to his buddies Jay-Z and Beyonce, who have both headlined Glastonbury in the past and received widespread acclaim, despite early backlash from festival goers.

Kanye West’s seventh studio album, initially titled So Help Me God but then renamed SWISH, will be released this fall.