By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think Lil Wayne is extremely talented. I think he's one of the most talented ones out there. — 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
I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam's fantastic legacy and… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely.… — 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
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
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
New York has a thousand universes in it that don't always connect but we do all walk the same streets, hear the… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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 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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