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Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough
I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.
Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?
That's the reason why I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop: It's a challenge every time.
I keep my enemies close/ I give 'em enough rope/ They put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair.
Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.
I get my by any means on, whenever there's a drought get your umbrellas out because that's when I brainstorm.
I think it's very important for hip-hop, when an artist reaches a certain level, to ascend to executive work.
Nine to five is how ya survive, I ain't trying to survive I'm trying to live it to the limit and love it alive
A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.
And through our travels we get separated, never forget: In order to survive, got to learn to live with regrets.
What people have to understand is 'Billboard' is a magazine. They're like elected officials - they work for us.
The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks ...So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks.
I was a really good student. In the sixth grade, I was reading at a twelfth grade reading level. But I got bored.
Everything evens up, you just wait, Even a garbage can gets a steak, You ain't even a garbage can, you have faith!
Your future is ahead of you. Imagine the notion of the past fifteen years of your life being a blip in your story.
When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist.
I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out
Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a way.
My brands are an extension of me. They're close to me. It's not like running GM, where there's no emotional attachment.
Stop screamin', you know the demon said it's best to die, And even if Jehovah witness, bet he'll never testify, D'Evils.
People wanted to make products based on our child's name, and you don't want anybody trying to benefit off your baby's name.
Music is everywhere - you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It's only fair.
Whoever said that artists shouldn't pay attention to their business was probably someone w/their hand in some artist's pocket.
I listen to everything - from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Scarface, UGK and Lauryn Hill.
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.
I think reviews have lost a lot of their importance now because of the Internet; everyone is experiencing things at the same time.
I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter.
New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't even know what to do with myself.
The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you.
I don't have any fear of working with Samsung because I'm not gonna let them put a phone on my forehead; that's just never gonna happen.
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.
I came into this music business at 26 years old. I was a fully developed man at that point. At that age, I didn't have anything to prove.
All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the time, whatever direction I'm heading in.
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.
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.
It was a weird mix of emotions. One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike.
As fate would have it, Jay's status appears To be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5.
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be And so I put this on my life Nobody or nothing will ever come between us And I promise I'll give my life
Do you know how many athletes go broke three years after they stop playing? I want to help them hold on to their money. I mean, I know about budgets.
No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here
Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of people who don't have that microphone or who can't rap.
I think that's what happened to the record business when 'Napster' came around. The industry rejected what was happening instead of accepting it as change.
My mom always taught me - you know, little boys listen to their moms too much - that whatever you put into something is what you're going to get out of it.
People really feel like music is free but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap, and it's good water. But they're OK paying for it.
I am against discrimination of any kind, but if I make snap judgments, no matter who it's towards, aren't I committing the same sin as someone who profiles?
Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can't.
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.
No one came to our neighborhoods with stand-up jobs and showed us there's a different way. Maybe, had I seen different role models, maybe I'd've turned on to that.
When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5. It ain't to play games with you, it's to aim at you, probably maim you. If I owe you I'm blowin' you to smithereens.