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Jay Z Quotes

Total quotes: 12
“ I don’t let my success separate me from who I am.”
— Jay Z, Howard Stern Comes Again
Tagged: Success
“Howard: Were you a great crack dealer?

Jay-Z: Incredible.

Howard: You were the best?

Jay-Z: Not the best, but I was really good.”
— Jay Z, Howard Stern Comes Again
Tagged: crack dealer
“A hustler is anybody that gets up every single day and figures out a way to make good for themselves in this society.”
— Jay Z, Howard Stern Comes Again
Tagged: Hustler, Determination
“If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one.”
— Jay Z, 99 Problems
Tagged: 99 Problems, Bitches, Problems, issues, Things You Gotta Worry About, Best Opening Lyrics
“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, Decoded
Tagged: Identity, Understanding, Growth
“Champagne spilling, chilling, no ceiling
Stealing a quarter million, feeling, ice grilling”
— 50 Cent, Jay Z, Diddy, I Get Money
Tagged: Hip Hop
“Your screaming, "Jesus Christ," he's back
And God knows he can rap
Me and L put rhythm on the map”
— Jay Z, Stretch and Bobbito Show '95
Tagged: Hip Hop, Stretch and Bobbito
“Until everyone's free, no one's free, and that's just a fact.”
— Jay Z, Jay-Z Discusses Rap, Marriage and Being a Black Man in Trump’s America
Tagged: Equality, Liberty, Freedom
“You have to survive. So you go into survival mode, and when you go into survival mode what happen? You shut down all emotions. So even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can't connect ... And then all the things happen from there: infidelity.”
— Jay Z, Jay-Z Discusses Rap, Marriage and Being a Black Man in Trump’s America
Tagged: Cheating, toxic masculinity, Emotional Defense
“I want to have the emotional tools that it takes to keep my family together. And much like you, I have a beautiful wife who’s understanding and knew I’m not the worst of what I’ve done. We did the hard work of going to therapy and you know, we love each other, right? So we really put in the work.”
— Jay Z, Jay-Z and David Letterman share regrets about being unfaithful
Tagged: Life After Cheating, Cheating, Being Unfaithful In Marriage
“You don’t even get to that point. Because you don’t allow yourself. ’Cause once that’s happened to you..Your father, growing up he’s like Superman to you. He’s everything. So once you feel that sort of hurt, you never allow yourself to get close to that feeling. You don’t even want to feel that good because you know the flip side of that. So you don’t let anyone get that close so they won’t hurt you.”
— Jay Z, Howard Stern Comes Again
Tagged: Anger, Abandonment, Superman
“In the game there is always a younger guy who has an old soul and an understanding of things beyond his years. I mean in the street game, but it also applies to the music industry. An older guy will see a kid and think, Man that kid moves differently from the rest. He's ready for this life. They know that if they find the right kid, they can put him under their tutelage and he'll get it fast, step right into the rhythm of the life. But it starts by the other guy watching him, trying to pick up clues.”
— Jay Z, Decoded
Tagged: Life
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