Picture Quotes You shared one of the most intimate things that ever happened to you - falling in love with someone who wasn't brave enough to love you back. Your relieving yourself of your 'secret' is as much about wanting to honestly connect as it is about exhibition. We are all made better by your decision to share publicly. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes My tears is tatted, my rag in my pocket / Im just looking for love, I know somebody got it —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes For me, the challenge is just making great albums, because talent - and writing in general - is not tangible. There's no expiration date on it. At the same time, you might wake up tomorrow and be unable to write music. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes And now we're lethal, infected with D'Evils —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me? —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I look in the mirror, my only opponent —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Everybody can tell you how to do it but they never done it —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur of life, might miss. Just sharing that truth can be a very powerful thing. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of record again or else I'm going to lose it all. That's how you end up making the same song over and over. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Without the work, the magic won’t come. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Nine to five is how ya survive, I ain't trying to survive I'm trying to live it to the limit and love it alive —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes You can pay for school, but you can't buy class —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Electing a black man named Barack Obama President in the same country that elected George W. Bush - twice! - is as far-fetched as a hustler from Marcy performing at that President's inauguration. But it happened. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Men lie, women lie, numbers dont —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself? —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes My brands are an extension of me. They're close to me. It's not like running GM, where there's no emotional attachment. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes If I was to stop making music tomorrow doesn't mean suddenly there is this gap. You don't get elected. The people decide where you are. Whether I'm here or not, if they want you to be at the top then the people will move me out the way. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Stop screamin', you know the demon said it's best to die, And even if Jehovah witness, bet he'll never testify, D'Evils... —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm not concerned with noise because I'm playing the long game. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Ex-D-boy, used to park my Beamer Now look at me, I can park in my own arena —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The reason I've been groundedand able to make albums, is because I've allowed my friends to come with me and voice an opinion. That's who keeps you grounded, the people who have known you longest. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Life is a gift, love opens it up. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Life is for living, not living uptight, see ya somewhere up in the sky. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I wrote this [Most Kings] before MJ died, and his death only proves my point: When he was alive, the King of Pop, people were tireless in taking him down, accepting as truth every accusation people made against him, assuming the worst until they drove him away. When he died, suddenly he was beloved again - people realized that the charges against him might really have been bogus, and that the skin lightening was really caused by a disease, and that his weirdness was part of his artistry. But when he was alive and on top, they couldn't wait to... Read more » —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes No matter where you go, you are what you are playa. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes just when i thought i had everything, i lost it all —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax and on the streets and in history, and in a way, that was a gift. We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the world we were going to make for ourselves. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well! —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Treat my first like my last and the last like my first and my thirst is the same as- when I came. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The day Obama got elected, the gangsta became less relevant. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two overlap as much as they diverge. I was on the streets for more than half of my life from the time I was thirteen years old. People sometimes say that now I'm so far away from that life - now that I've got businesses and Grammys and magazine covers - that I have no right to rap about it. But how distant is the story of your own life ever going to be? The feelings I had during... Read more » —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes 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 the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man! —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me? —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes If I don't show the world growth, how are we going to grow? —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes We'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly We'll name him history —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I got 99 Problems but Mitt ain't one. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I think the consumption of music is at an all-time high. But I think the ways that record companies are trying to monetize it is just all over the place. At the end of the day, music is in the clouds. Before, you could hold it, look at it, turn it around. Now, it's just in the air. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I'd rather die enormous than live dormant. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Don't make decisions based on the fear. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes How could I be out there and not do anything? —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time, how we live through it. The beat is everywhere, but every life has to find its own flow. —Jay-ZWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this