Jay-Z

That was the greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off, to convince artists that you can't be an artist and…

— Jay-Z

I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me.

— Jay-Z

Never prayed to God, I prayed to Gotti, that's right it's wicked, that's life I live it. Ain't askin' for forgiveness for…

— Jay-Z

It wasn't until sixth grade, at P.S. 168, when my teacher took us on a field trip to her house that I…

— Jay-Z

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

No crying in public, just lying to judges. Risking my life, Im already dying, so f*ck it well.

— Jay-Z

Im a tortured soul, I live in disguise. Rest in peace to the leader of the Jackson 5.

— Jay-Z

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

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

— Jay-Z

I was never a worker. And that's not even being arrogant. I was just never a worker.

— Jay-Z

“This is black superhero music right here, baby!”

— Jay-Z

You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still…

— Jay-Z

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

I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.

— Jay-Z

Make these words find a spot on your brain and burn.

— Jay-Z

On the night he died - he was twenty-seven - Basquiat had been planning to see a Run-DMC show. When people asked…

— Jay-Z

My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a receiver -…

— Jay-Z

I look in the mirror, my only opponent

— Jay-Z

F**k your awards like Eddie Murphys couch. The Roc is in the building we should have stayed in the house.

— Jay-Z

I smoked some weed, and that's how I finished 'Izzo.'

— Jay-Z

Hip-hop from the beginning has always been aspirational. It always broke that notion that an artist can't think about money as well.…

— Jay-Z

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

I've talked to Bill Clinton - he's the ultimate rock star; no one's more charming than him. People clap in a restaurant…

— Jay-Z

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.

— Jay-Z

Growing up where I grew up, we looked to athletes. They were our first heroes. They came from the same places we…

— Jay-Z