America Quote by Jay-Z

At 42 be better than 24, I carried the 4-5, mastered 48 laws.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jay-Z

“THEY NEVER TAUGHT MARCUS GARVEY IN OUR SCHOOL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS THEIR GOLDEN RULE”

— Jay-Z

I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction.

— Jay-Z

Tears on the mauseoleum floor. Blood stains the coliseum doors. Lies on the lips of a priest. Thanksgiving disguised as a feast.

— 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…

— 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…

— Jay-Z

All black everything, Ni**a you know my fresh code. Im out here fightin for you, dont increase my stress load.

— 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.…

— Jay-Z