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
When Basquiat was hanging out with Madonna and Fab Five Freddy, and all those worlds were colliding, people have to realize hip-hop… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I'm gonna fight, and I'm gonna make something out of nothing. That's pretty much the American dream. So, for me, the realization… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. — 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
With rap, you go in the studio, you make music, you put the music out, then all of a sudden, you're a… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I love that because that's what I'm supposed to be doing - whether it's accepted b everybody or not. I'm supposed to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Everyone's supposed to stay in their lines and be neat. 'You're a rapper. You're supposed to rap, carry a boom box, wear… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you… — 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
I wrote this [Most Kings] before MJ died, and his death only proves my point: When he was alive, the King of… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
As an artist, you make music. And if you see people who don't know how to market your music, you get involved… — 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
It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is… — 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
On the night he died - he was twenty-seven - Basquiat had been planning to see a Run-DMC show. When people asked… — 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
I've talked to Bill Clinton - he's the ultimate rock star; no one's more charming than him. People clap in a restaurant… — 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
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