Top 495 Jay-Z Quotes & Sayings - Page 4
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Last updated on December 19, 2024.
Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
I'm sick of talking about it. I wanna talk about something else. No more Jay Z questions. I answered them.
I was raised on 'TRL' and listened to every genre that sounded good to me, from Sum 41 to Jay Z to Band of Horses to J. Dilla to Deathcab for Cutie to Pharrell.
I love Jay-Z, I love Kanye, and I praise the way he's been able to bring more business out of the jungle.
Seeing Jay Z's just a great example of somebody who comes from a ghetto to rise to where he's at. I think... he done a great job.
Jay Leno told me once, 'Don't do jokes about things you don't know about.'
It feels like one family - JAY-Z's one call away for any advice, any questions. He's a real big homie.
I don't necessarily put on an act when I go on Jay Leno or dress differently in public than I do in private. I'd like to think I'm the same person, more or less.
People always tell me, when I want to get in the mood of a party or when I'm at a party and they put a Jay Sean song on I feel happy.
Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy.
Jay Cutler is a first-round pick, had a great arm, etc. It's just - he's offense, I'm defense. We didn't get a chance to interact as much as we should have, maybe.
What part of Canada are you from, honey?" "THE LEFT PART," said Jay.
People compare me to Kendrick. I've seen comparisons with Jay-Z, with Nas, with Chance The Rapper. I get a lot of Eminem comparisons.
As far as business moguls, I'm always a fan of how Jay Z moves. He was just always very strategic ever since he came into the game.
Rutgers didn't want me at first, but they wanted Jay. So I did what any smart sibling would do - I rode his coattails all the way onto the banks of the ol' Raritan.
I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.
We're ready for a real black President - someone like Jay-Z. Obama's fine, just not all black. He's our gateway Negro.
I don't like Jay Hieron very much. He just bothers me, the way he talks, and he thinks very highly of himself.
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.
Jay-Z was huge. I was like 2 years old throwing up my diamond, rapping. I know all of 'The Blueprint.' I've heard that album 1,000 times. And 'Reasonable Doubt.'
I've always loved Jay-Z's music and loved what he's done.
I worshipped guys like Bill Maher, Jay Leno, and Jerry Seinfeld, and was doing my variation of that. But as a young person with no political point of view or life experience, it was as funny as you can imagine.
One thing Jay z told me that always sticks with me, is that, the album is never how you viewed it to be.
Jay Wright is class personified. He wins with class, loses with dignity when he does, which is not often.
To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
Jay Z and Nas is probably my favorite rap beef because Nas was kinda quiet for a while.
I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would.
I most definitely respect Jay Z hustle and everything he built. He's a businessman first and I think he respects my hustle.
My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever. He uses a lot of similes and metaphors. He's a beast of a rapper.
What do you think of that? It’s stopped raining." I’m glad Jay." Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy.
Jay White has a great chance to make his name off of me. But I'm not going to make that easy.
I'm liver than Jay, Davy, and Kathy and Regis, been on more MTV shows than Butthead and Beavis.
I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.
She's Beyoncé, and I'm [Jay-Z's] new protégée. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not friends friends.
I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence.
But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z.
SHADOW KNIGHT'S MATE is a compelling story, extremely well-written and alarmingly plausible. Jay Brandon does for politics what Dan Brown did for religion.
One of my favorite moments was when me and Jay-Z made a song 'For Rhyme or Reason.' It ended up on 'Reasonable Doubt,' but they switched the beat because we couldn't get clearance from my label.
Why wasn't Michelle Obama, on October 1st, at the computer with her family signing up for Obamacare, or Jay Carney? They have their own gold-plated health care plan.
My star will probably continue to rise, and I will start hanging out with Beyonce and Jay-Z and take them to a Toby Carvery.
Stephen Colbert has such a loyal following; I don't know if it's the same with Jay Leno; he really inspires love in people, and there can be a lucky ricochet of that for some people.
My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.'
If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds of music, but I'd say soulful World Music is my favorite.
What: is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautiful?
I've seen Jay-Z and Kanye West. I've seen actors like Tom Hanks and Nicholas Cage.
If I gotta do a Jay-Z beat I want to stop everything. Tell everybody hold my calls, everything.
When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
The very uprightness of the pines and maples asserts the ancient rectitude and vigor of nature. Our lives need the relief of such a background, where the pine flourishes and the jay still screams.
I grew up part of the MTV generation. I saw Biggie Smalls and Jay-Z on TV and I thought: 'Wow, look at these powerful black people.' I wanted that.
Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered.
I heard a bird congratulating itself all day for being a jay. Nobody cared. But it was glad all over again, and said so, again.
I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation - and it's called October.
My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.
Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.
The most amazing thing I've ever seen was Jay Johnstone, in uniform, in line at a concession stand in Dodger Stadium after the game had already started.
Biggie has definitely stood the test of time. He's the reason Jay-Z and loads of other rappers are who they are. His flow and wordplay is brilliant - the stories he would tell are just nuts.
I always go to my Kanye [West], Jay-Z. I go back to alot of the stuff that I know for sure that I like.
You going to call me arrogant for believing in myself? Come on! It's a competitive sport. Rappin' is the closest thing to boxing. Jay-Z said that. You gotta fight every day.
