I'm trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing… — 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 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
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
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
No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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 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
Nine to five is how ya survive, I ain't trying to survive I'm trying to live it to the limit and love… — 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
I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman… — 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
