387 Quotes by Jay-Z

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.

On the night he died - he was twenty-seven - Basquiat had been planning to see a Run-DMC show. When people asked him what his art was about, he'd hit them with the same three words: "Royalty, heroism, and the streets.

Leave a mark they can't erase, neither space nor time.

I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out

I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

Driving Benzes with no benefits, not bad huh, for some immigrants

I believe you can speak things into existence.

Men lie, women lie, numbers dont

No one's walking around here perfect. Everyone's gonna make mistakes. That's part of how you learn.