When you listen to an album, it shouldn't feel like, "That's the girl song," "That's the club song." I shouldn't know what… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap! — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
For me, the challenge is just making great albums, because talent - and writing in general - is not tangible. There's no… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The reason I've been groundedand able to make albums, is because I've allowed my friends to come with me and voice an… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't even know… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“THEY NEVER TAUGHT MARCUS GARVEY IN OUR SCHOOL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS THEIR GOLDEN RULE” — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Tears on the mauseoleum floor. Blood stains the coliseum doors. Lies on the lips of a priest. Thanksgiving disguised as a feast. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit for six… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
All black everything, Ni**a you know my fresh code. Im out here fightin for you, dont increase my stress load. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
