As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When you're accustomed to wealth, you don't show it, right? That's why the white kids in school could wear bummy sneakers; it's… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I don't sit around with my friends and talk about money, ever. On a record, that's different. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
That was the greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off, to convince artists that you can't be an artist and… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Hip-hop from the beginning has always been aspirational. It always broke that notion that an artist can't think about money as well.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal.… — 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
You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I never wanted to just glamorize the playa lifestyle and not touch on the down side. I wanted everyone who's in a… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Black cards, black cars, Black on black, black broads. Whole lotta money in a black bag. Black strap, you know what thats… — 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
Do you know how many athletes go broke three years after they stop playing? I want to help them hold on to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
New money, I found the fountain of youth. Im headed to Miami to f**k up the Fontaine Bleu. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Wassup, mafucka, where my money at? You gon make me come down to your house where yo mummy at. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think in London - and I don't wanna offend anybody in America, but this is a real statement - they still… — 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
