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Jay-Z quotes

American Musician December 4, 1969

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Jay-Z quote: "A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a..."
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. 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 and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and there would be shootings at 12 in the afternoon on any given day. Jay-Z
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. Jay-Z
Jay-Z quote: "I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!"
I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well! Jay-Z
I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook. 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 up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself-- and that's essential for any artist, I think. Jay-Z
Jay-Z quote: "A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they..."
A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level. Jay-Z
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-Z
I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people. I've always wanted to stay true to myself, and I've managed to do that. People have to accept that. Jay-Z
Jay-Z quote: "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!"
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man! Jay-Z
Jay-Z quote: "You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd..."
You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you. Jay-Z
Jay-Z quote: "Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing."
Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing. Jay-Z
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-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 than through hip-hop. Jay-Z
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-Z

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