Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
People really feel like music is free but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've always believed in good music over bad music. I believe in two sorts of musics. And the lines that separate us,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I've been vulnerable. I've always given parts of me, parts of… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I don't think any rapper can go back. You can be a car salesman, a bank teller - I mean, really good… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When you have a reputation for making not only good songs but great albums, that in itself creates added artistic pressure. But,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I'll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I was a really good student. In the sixth grade, I was reading at a twelfth grade reading level. But I got… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've said the election of Obama has made the hustler less relevant. People took it in a way that I was almost… — 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
