Song Quotes by Jay-Z

I'm not saying I'm God. But as far as lyrics, I'm God MC.

— Jay-Z

Black Axl Rose, move halfs and wholes. Come down to the jungle, just ask for Hov.

— Jay-Z

I'm just going to make the music I love to make, and I'm going to mature with my music.

— Jay-Z

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

— Jay-Z

The challenge is to get everyone to respect music again, to recognize its value.

— Jay-Z

You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in.

— Jay-Z

I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction.

— Jay-Z

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and…

— Jay-Z

When you listen to an album, it shouldn't feel like, "That's the girl song," "That's the club song." I shouldn't know what…

— Jay-Z

By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory…

— Jay-Z

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

I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. I couldn't get…

— Jay-Z

If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time, how we live through it. The beat is everywhere,…

— Jay-Z

I listen to everything - from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Scarface, UGK and Lauryn…

— Jay-Z

I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly,…

— Jay-Z

I think the consumption of music is at an all-time high. But I think the ways that record companies are trying to…

— Jay-Z

'Blueprint 3' is made up of songs, but it's also a commentary on the idea that in order for rap to survive,…

— Jay-Z

Companies that pretend to care about music and really care about other things - whether it be hardware, whether it be advertising…

— Jay-Z

Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do…

— Jay-Z

I'm just saying the producers and people who work on music are getting left out - that's when it starts getting criminal.…

— Jay-Z

Kurt Cobain OD'd on heroin before committing suicide, but he also OD'd on fame. Cobain was like Basquiat: They both wanted to…

— Jay-Z

“Some people have used this song as evidence that I worship the devil, which is another chapter for the big book of…

— Jay-Z

I think that's what happened to the record business when 'Napster' came around. The industry rejected what was happening instead of accepting…

— Jay-Z

Music is everywhere - you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It's only fair.

— Jay-Z

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be And so I put this on my life Nobody or nothing will ever…

— Jay-Z

I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of…

— Jay-Z

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