When I listen to great music, the first thing I wonder is what people were saying when this came out of the… — 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
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
What people have to understand is 'Billboard' is a magazine. They're like elected officials - they work for us. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I treat people based on who they really are, not the name. Everyone has to be respectful and be a human being.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Religion is like a personal computer. You let people in if you want to... We're all gods. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of… — 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
Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
My first album was mainly dealing with street issues, and it was 'coded': it was called 'Reasonable Doubt.' So the things I… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
People wanted to make products based on our child's name, and you don't want anybody trying to benefit off your baby's name. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
If I go into a studio and find my truth of the moment, there are a number of people in the world… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
People who don't know you, you don't know their motives. They smile at you all day, "Oh, that's great. You've done it… — 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
If I was to stop making music tomorrow doesn't mean suddenly there is this gap. You don't get elected. The people decide… — 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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