Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit… — 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… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Music is the soundtrack to your life. It's not going to go anywhere. But the way people are purchasing music has changed.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be And so I put this on my life Nobody or nothing will ever… — 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
“But that's a good match for the way I've always approached life. I've always believed in motion and action, in following connections… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When you step outside of school and have to teach yourself about life, you develop a different relationship to information. I've never… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When the TV version of Annie came on, I was drawn to it. It was the struggle of this poor kid in… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Never prayed to God, I prayed to Gotti, that's right it's wicked, that's life I live it. Ain't askin' for forgiveness for… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
No crying in public, just lying to judges. Risking my life, Im already dying, so f*ck it well. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Growing up where I grew up, we looked to athletes. They were our first heroes. They came from the same places we… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
This is where DiNero would be if he aint turn back. F**k Sosa, this Hova this is real life. This is what… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The experiences that I've had growing up with music, you know, I couldn't trade them for any money in the world. Dancing… — 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
The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
This is why we shouldn't be afraid. There are two possibilities: One is that there's more to life than the physical life,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need: it's the feeling of being embarrassed every… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Sorry junior, I already ruined ya Cause you aint even alive, paparazzi pursuin ya. Sins of a father make yo life ten… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
You ain't seen money in your life, when it comes to this cheese ya'll like three blind mice. — Jay-z Copy Share Image
If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time, how we live through it. The beat is everywhere,… — 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
