Jay-Z Quotes

I learned to ride a ten-speed when I was 4 or 5. My uncle gave me the bike, hand-me-down, and everyo...

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even ha...

Man I'm high off life. Fuck it, I'm WASTED

I've got a nice collection of paintings - a Basquiat, a black-and-white Warhol that's like a Rorscha...

As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made m...

I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something's auth...

Religion is like a personal computer. You let people in if you want to... We're all gods.

I think in London - and I don't wanna offend anybody in America, but this is a real statement - they...

That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any c...

To me, its just a word, a word whose power is owned by the user and his or her intention. People giv...

A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than...

I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another li...

Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that o...

Housing projects can seem like labyrinths to outsiders, as complicated and intimidating as a Morocca...

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what...

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

I'm here to tell niggas it ain't all swell.There's Heaven then there's Hell niggasOne day your cruis...

Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the...

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

I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.

I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great.

My mom always taught me - you know, little boys listen to their moms too much - that whatever you pu...

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if yo...

I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it.

If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts - but it's not like you had a connection with ...

Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, an...

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

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama...

I never wanted to just glamorize the playa lifestyle and not touch on the down side. I wanted everyo...

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

This communist talk is so confusing

I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. Smel...

I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!

No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.

Jealousy’s a weak emotion.

Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the peop...

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so M...

Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager w...

Only God can judge me so I'm gone, either love me or leave me alone.

As sure as this Earth is turnin, souls burnin / In search of higher learnin, turnin in every directi...

When you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with ...

I've always believed in good music over bad music. I believe in two sorts of musics. And the lines t...

I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is wh...

I don't think any rapper can go back. You can be a car salesman, a bank teller - I mean, really good...

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if yo...

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