Here we have Jay-Z Quotes
‘“Only God can judge me so I’m gone, either love me or leave me alone.”’,
‘“I’m a mirror. If you’re cool with me, I’m cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don’t like what you see, then you’ve done something. If I’m standoffish, that’s because you are.”’,
‘“If it’s you and me against the world, then so be it.”’,
‘“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.”’,
‘“I’m not a ‘businessman!’ I’m a business, man! Let me handle my business, damn!”’,
‘“Life is about balance, you have to have time for work, and time for play. If you don’t allow these two things to co-exist, you have an imbalance.”’,
‘“You can want success all you want, but to get it, you can’t falter. You can’t slip, you can’t sleep. One eye open, for real, and forever.”’,
‘ “Money and power don’t change you; they just further expose your true self.”’,
‘“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”’,
‘“They say you put the right artist with the right track in the studio, leave the door cracked, and let God in.”’,
‘“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant.”’,
‘“Do me a favor. Don’t do me no favors. I handle mine.”’,
‘“You can pay for school, but you can’t buy class.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“Those who are successful overcome their fears and take action. Those who aren’t submit to their fears and live with regrets.”’,
‘ “Whenever inspiration won’t find you, you have to find it.”’,
‘“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, ‘cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”’,
‘”Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.”‘,
‘“I believe everyone in the world is born with genius-level talent. Apply yourself to whatever you’re a genius at, and you can do anything in the world.”’,
‘“I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.”’,
‘“I believe you can speak things into existence.”’,
‘“Life is all there is. And if that’s true, then we have to really live it—we have to take it for everything it has.”’,
‘“You have to find your genius-level talent, and then apply it in a way that supports that genius-level talent.”’,
‘“We change people through conversation, not through censorship.”’,
‘“I went through hell, I’m expecting heaven.”’,
‘“You learn more in failure than you ever do in success.”’,
‘“If people don’t hate you, you’re probably not doing very big things.”’,
‘“I believe that the energy you put out in the world; you get back.”’,
‘“Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that’s the foundation for everything great.”’,
‘“A wise man once told me luck isn’t some mystical energy that dances around the universe randomly bestowing people with satisfaction and joy, you create your own luck.”’,
‘“Only two things can get you through this—that’s patience and persistence.”’,
‘“I’m like a dog. I never speak, but I understand.”’,
‘“Everyone needs a chance to evolve.”’,
‘“Hip hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.”’,
‘“Told me don’t wait on nobody, go get your own, so it’s me, myself, and my Microphone.”’,
‘“Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.”’,
‘“It just got to a point where it was, like, ‘Make this decision, because this is something you really love, and you love to do. It’s time to really focus on and then get serious about it, give it your all.’ And once I did that, it was no looking back from there.”’,
‘“We all have the same fear—the fear of failure. We all have the fear of failure. As someone successful, the weight of all that you’ve done is on you.”’,
‘“Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That’s just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it—that’s excellence.”’,
‘ “I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me.”’,
‘“Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.”’,
‘“The story of the rapper and the story of the hustler is like rap itself, two kinds of rhythm working together, having a conversation with each other, doing more together than they could do apart.”’,
‘“Don’t tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.”’,
‘“Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I’m a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?”’,
‘“Truth is you don’t need some external demon to take control of you to turn you into a raging, money-obsessed sociopath, you only need to let loose the demons you already have inside of you.”’,
‘ “All I got is dreams. Nobody else believes. Nobody else can see. Nobody else but me.”’,
‘“Hov’s a living legend and I’ll tell you why / Everybody wanna be Hov and Hov’s still alive”’,
‘“See I’mma ‘80s baby, master of Reaganomics / School of Hard Knocks, every day is college”’,
‘“Difficult takes a day; impossible takes a week.”’,
‘“If y’all can’t already see, I ain’t worried about ya’ll, ‘cause I’m already me.”’,
‘ “I’m not a businessman; I’m a business, man! / Let me handle my business, damn”’,
‘“Life is for living, not living uptight. See ya somewhere up in the sky.”’,
‘Some said, ‘How’d you fly?’ I said, ‘From not being afraid of trying to fly.’”’,
‘“The responsibility is to keep pushing it forward, and not relying on the same old gimmicks. You have to push it forward.”’,
‘They talk. We live. Who cares what they say?”’,
‘“Be fluid. Treat each project differently. Be water, man. The best style is no style. Because styles can be figured out. And when you have no style they can’t figure you out.”’,
‘“By far, for me, the most important thing is inspiration.”’,
‘“I’m far from being God, but I work God damn hard.”’,
‘“The genius thing that we did, was we didn’t give up.”’,
‘ “I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it.”’,
‘“Everything evens up, you just wait. Even a garage can get a steak. You are not even a garbage can, you have faith!”’,
‘“Leave a mark they can’t erase, neither space nor time.”’,
‘“May the best of your today’s be the worst of your tomorrow’s.”’,
‘“I’m inspired by life and all sorts of things. You could say something right now and it would inspire me to write a song.”’,
‘“We hustle out of a sense of hopelessness. Sort of a desperation. Through that desperation, we become addicted. But we feel we have nothing to list. So, we offer you, well, we offer our lives. What do you bring to the table?”’,
‘ “Parked ninety-two bricks in front of 560 State / Now the Nets a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks / So it’s only right I’m still tossin’ ’round Knicks”’,
‘“I’m a hustler baby; I sell water to a well.”’,
‘ “Next time we have a discussion who the G.O.A.T., you donkeys know this / Forgive me, that’s my passion talkin’ / Sometimes I feel like Farrakhan (Haha) talkin’ to Mike Wallace”’,
‘“We push the hottest V’s, peel fast / Through the city, play Monopoly with real cash”’,
‘“When you’re truly in love. You will never have anything to hide.”’,
‘ “Dark Knight feeling, die and be a hero / Or live long enough to see yourself become a villain / I went from the favorite to the most hated / But would you rather be underpaid or overrated?”’,
‘“I’m breaking MC’s up like EPMD / And these nuts if you rappers trying to see me”’,
‘“Jealousy’s a weak emotion.”’,
‘“We don’t resort to violence, we on resorts and islands / With linen shorts and shades, ‘case they thought you was lyin’,
‘ “It’s a million dollars in it, baby, Hilary Swank / Sittin’ next to Hillary smellin’ like dank”’,
‘“Only thing that’s on my mind is who’s gonna run this town tonight.”’,
‘“Pound for p-p-pound the best around / No way you can get up when I get down”’,
‘“I’m a BK brawler / Marcy projects hallway loiterer”’,
‘”A loss aint a loss, it is a lesson”‘,
‘”In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets”‘,
‘”Can not be scared to fail, searching for perfection””‘,
‘”Strive for what you believe in, set goals and you can achieve them”‘,
‘ “Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.”’,
‘”I got 99 Problems but Mitt ain’t one.”’,
‘“Males shouldnt be jealous. Thats a female trait.”’,
‘“Life is for living, not living uptight, see ya somewhere up in the sky.”’,
‘“Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.”’,
‘“Jealousy’s a weak emotion.”’,
‘“I’m far from being god, but I work god damn hard.”’,
‘“Leave a mark they can’t erase, neither space nor time.”’,
‘“Life is a gift, love opens it up.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“Momma ain’t raised no fool/Put me anywhere on God’s green earth, I’ll triple my worth.”’,
‘“Your future is ahead of you. Imagine the notion of the past fifteen years of your life being a blip in your story.”’,
‘“Little brothers ring fingers get cut up to show mothers they really got em.”’,
‘“I’m not saying I’m God. But as far as lyrics, I’m God MC.”’,
‘ “I love you so, But why I love you, I’ll never know.”’,
‘“I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me.”’,
‘“Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?”’,
‘“You ain’t gotta go to church to find your God.”’,
‘“Only he without sin can tell me if my means justify my ends.”’,
‘“In trouble waters I had to learn how to float.”’,
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