387 Quotes by Jay-Z
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I’m gonna fight, and I’m gonna make something out of nothing. That’s pretty much the American dream. So, for me, the realization that I could speak to people like that came first on a small scale. Then it just started happening. I started having this vibration.
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A wise man told me don’t argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.
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Cough up a lung where I’m from marcy son, aint nothin nice.
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Only God can judge me so I’m gone, either love me or leave me alone.
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I’m a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction.
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People who don’t know you, you don’t know their motives. They smile at you all day, “Oh, that’s great. You’ve done it again! You’re the greatest!” And that’s not good for an artist.
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I’m a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!
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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.
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I couldn’t even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn’t let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn’t stop. It was a release, a mental exercise, a way of keeping sane.
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