--- title: "14 Trying Quotes By Jay-Z" description: "14 Trying quotes by Jay-Z. Plus more from Jay-Z and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/jay-z-713_afraid_i-m-not-afraid-of-dying-i-m-afraid-of-no_172259.png" --- > [I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-m-not-afraid-of-dying-i-m-afraid-of-not-trying/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/jay-z-713_afraid_i-m-not-afraid-of-dying-i-m-afraid-of-no_172259.png) > [No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/no-matter-where-you-go-you-are-what-you-are-player-and-you-can-try-to/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/jay-z-713_change_no-matter-where-you-go-you-are-what-you_1150096.png) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/people-wanted-to-make-products-based-on-our-child-s-name-and-you-don/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/jay-z-713_baby_people-wanted-to-make-products-based-on_2641904.png) > [Nine to five is how ya survive, I ain't trying to survive I'm trying to live it to the limit and love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/nine-to-five-is-how-ya-survive-i-ain-t-trying-to-survive-i-m-trying/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/jay-z-713_alive_nine-to-five-is-how-ya-survive-i-ain-t-t_2485121.png) > [Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/identity-is-a-prison-you-can-never-escape-but-the-way-to-redeem-your/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/jay-z-713_foundation_identity-is-a-prison-you-can-never-escap_1660842.png) > [I'm trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-m-trying-to-tell-the-story-in-the-most-clear-concise-and-truthful/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/jay-z-713_clear_i-m-trying-to-tell-the-story-in-the-most_114683.png) > [I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-m-hungry-for-knowledge-the-whole-thing-is-to-learn-every-day-to-get/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/jay-z-713_brighter_i-m-hungry-for-knowledge-the-whole-thing_1095164.png) > [I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-was-forced-to-be-an-artist-and-a-ceo-from-the-beginning-so-i-was/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/jay-z-713_art_i-was-forced-to-be-an-artist-and-a-ceo-f_3228735.png) > [I think the consumption of music is at an all-time high. But I think the ways that record companies are trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-think-the-consumption-of-music-is-at-an-all-time-high-but-i-think/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/jay-z-713_air_i-think-the-consumption-of-music-is-at-a_3236460.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/which-is-the-other-reason-hip-hop-is-controversial-people-don-t/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/jay-z-713_bother_which-is-the-other-reason-hip-hop-is-con_200013.jpg) > [It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/it-s-always-been-most-important-for-me-to-figure-out-my-space-rather/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/jay-z-713_art_it-s-always-been-most-important-for-me-t_1063579.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-love-that-because-that-s-what-i-m-supposed-to-be-doing-whether-it-s/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/jay-z-713_accepted_i-love-that-because-that-s-what-i-m-supp_348207.jpg) > [Nothing me and Kanye can do musically was gonna match the event of what we were trying to do. So we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/nothing-me-and-kanye-can-do-musically-was-gonna-match-the-event-of/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/jay-z-713_album_nothing-me-and-kanye-can-do-musically-wa_2061013.png) > [Kurt Cobain OD'd on heroin before committing suicide, but he also OD'd on fame. Cobain was like Basquiat: They both wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/kurt-cobain-od-d-on-heroin-before-committing-suicide-but-he-also-od-d/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/jay-z-713_addict_kurt-cobain-od-d-on-heroin-before-commit_1644153.png) ## Other authors on Trying ## More by Jay-Z > [At 42 be better than 24, I carried the 4-5, mastered 48 laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/at-42-be-better-than-24-i-carried-the-4-5-mastered-48-laws/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/wherever-i-go-i-bring-the-culture-with-me-so-that-they-can-understand/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/everyone-who-makes-music-is-a-good-collaborator-at-their-foundation/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/new-york-i-m-connected-this-is-my-core-i-feel-like-if-i-m-not/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/it-was-a-very-intense-and-stressful-situation-there-was-playing-in/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [“THEY NEVER TAUGHT MARCUS GARVEY IN OUR SCHOOL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS THEIR GOLDEN RULE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/they-never-taught-marcus-garvey-in-our-school-christopher-columbus-is/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-m-a-person-that-works-off-of-music-i-let-the-music-dictate-the/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [Tears on the mauseoleum floor. Blood stains the coliseum doors. Lies on the lips of a priest. Thanksgiving disguised as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/tears-on-the-mauseoleum-floor-blood-stains-the-coliseum-doors-lies-on/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/around-20-i-d-been-trying-to-transition-from-the-streets-to-the-music/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/there-s-the-gift-there-s-the-spirit-and-there-s-the-work-all-three/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [All black everything, Ni\*\*a you know my fresh code. Im out here fightin for you, dont increase my stress load.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/all-black-everything-ni-a-you-know-my-fresh-code-im-out-here-fightin/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/i-couldn-t-even-think-about-wanting-to-be-something-else-i-wouldn-t/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [Lord forgive me I never would've made it without sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/lord-forgive-me-i-never-would-ve-made-it-without-sin/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [In trouble waters I had to learn how to float](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/in-trouble-waters-i-had-to-learn-how-to-float/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) > [Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-z/their-gunnin-for-me-want-to-see-me-fall-you-know-my-story-been/) [Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-z/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/jay-z/#itemlist", 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