Your future is ahead of you. Imagine the notion of the past fifteen years of your life being a blip in your… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the time, whatever… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Im losing myself, Im stuck in the moment. I look in the mirror, My only opponent. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think reviews have lost a lot of their importance now because of the Internet; everyone is experiencing things at the same… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
That's the reason why I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop: It's a challenge every time. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Just a f***in waste of time, a complete waste of bottles. Ni**as fashion is weak, they be wastin all the models. — 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
I remember the first time I saw the 'Sugarhill Gang' on Soul Train. I was 11 or 12. I was like, 'What's… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“The music is meant to be provocative—which doesn’t mean it’s necessarily obnoxious, but it is (mostly) confrontational, and more than that, it’s… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about… — 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
“Hip-hop has always been controversial, and for good reason. When you watch a children's show and they've got a muppet rapping about… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“As sure as this Earth is turnin, souls burnin / In search of higher learnin, turnin in every direction seeking direction /… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Niggas pray and pray on my downfall, But every time I hit the ground I bounce up like round ball — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time, how we live through it. The beat is everywhere,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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
Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Nothing me and Kanye can do musically was gonna match the event of what we were trying to do. So we were… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
My thing is related to who I am as a person. The clothes are an extension of me. The music is an… — 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
I don't know where streaming will go in the future. The analytics that we're seeing tell us that streaming is the next… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I got love for Damon Dash as I did before. I don't know if we can be around each other in that… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“The story of the rapper and the story of the hustler are like rap itself, two kinds of rhythm working together, having… — 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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