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The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience. -- Rita Ora
I'm cool with Jay-Z. Jay-Z is genuinely my friend. -- Drake
I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z. -- T-Pain
No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do. -- J. Cole
I'm the female Jay-Z. I never compared myself to other women artists. I compared myself with the best, and the best is Jay-Z. -- Estelle
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. -- Vanilla Ice
Swag defines an artist, period. Lil Wayne has his super-tattooed pierces and dreads swag. Jay-Z has his New York, grown man, Beyonce and 40/40 Club swag. -- Soulja Boy
I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It's very intense stuff. -- Vanilla Ice
You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on. It's the hardest thing. -- Aziz Ansari
Jay-Z is as politically correct as some of the politicians. He's safe. There's points when you're acquiring financing, you make adjustments. He's made those adjustments. It's his choice. For me, it's not a necessity. -- Curtis Jackson
I listened to a lot of Jay-Z and Kanye coming up, which would be unexpected for a boy bander like me. But I'd listen to a lot of that, and a lot of Ed Sheeran, actually. -- Liam Payne
I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course I'd love to work with Jay-Z, maybe even Phil Collins. I love his voice. -- Nicki Minaj
Jay-Z ain't a manager; he owns a management company. He been through this; he been through the game for a long time, so he knows tactics in taking artists in certain directions we need to go in. -- Meek Mill
If it's time to party, it's time for hip hop. I love Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye. If I'm chilling at home though, I'm listening to Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Radiohead, DJ Shadow. I also listen to a lot of classical. -- Alexis Knapp
Jay-Z called me onstage during my song that I produced for 'Watch the Throne?' That was surreal, man. One of those situations I'll never forget. I'll be able to show my kids the footage of when Jay-Z brought me onstage. -- Hit-Boy
DMX wasn't checking what his fans were saying to him on Twitter or Facebook. Jay-Z is on a boat in Saint-Tropez. I'm hands-on. Girls write to me like I'm their diary. That's a huge responsibility. I don't take it for granted. -- Theophilus London
The electro scene is all over the clubs now: groups like Duck Sauce, Empire of the Sun, even MGMT. But I get inspiration from everywhere. I'll go to the gym and put on old albums - Guns N' Roses or old Jay-Z. -- Fergie
When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and T.I. - dudes that went all out on the track. My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy. -- Meek Mill
I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me with his performance, and since '96, that guy has been producing at least one hit every summer and every winter. That's a pretty good resume. -- John Cena
Obviously, Jay-Z is one of the greatest entertainers of the world today. Not only is he a remarkable rhetorical genius, he's also a man of deep sympathy and empathy for those who are lost and vulnerable, but especially under-educated youth of all cultures and stripes. -- Michael Eric Dyson
I respect Jay-Z. I like him. -- Paul Anka
You don't know Jay-Z's scedule. He's a renaissance man. -- Aziz Ansari
For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion. -- Noel Gallagher
I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. -- Robin Thicke
People don't ask Jay-Z to take his shirt off when he rhymes, -- Janelle Monae
If you're not Jay-Z, a record leaking isn't going to affect you. -- Bradford Cox
I have a lot of respect for Jay-Z, Eminem, Ludacris, Cee-Lo. They're groundbreaking. -- Eyedea
Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls. -- Penn Jillette
Being simple and complicated at the same is what makes Jay-Z so great. -- Rapsody
I've hung out with Jay-Z a couple of times, and he was awesome. -- Ryan Lochte
Jay-Z's my favorite rapper, but why can't I aspire to be better than him? -- Wale
[Moses] is obsessed with hip-hop and wanted a gold chain like his uncle Jay-Z. -- Gwyneth Paltrow
Maybe my records might make the next Ja Rule or Jay-Z want to rap. -- Mic Geronimo
Wayne's done way more for my career than Jay-Z. Wayne is the reason I'm here. -- Drake
Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie. -- Rico Love
I have been a fan of Versace for so long, watching people like Biggie, Puff, Jay-Z. -- French Montana
If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z. -- Talib Kweli
Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans -- Dean Cavanagh
I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver - I can sing every tune. -- Wayne Rooney
Jay-Z is a dude that can give you a hundred 'Simpsons' quotes, like, 'What you know about the monorail?' -- Questlove
I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that. -- Travis Morrison
We're ready for a real black President - someone like Jay-Z. Obama's fine, just not all black. He's our gateway Negro. -- Christopher Titus
I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it's like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z. -- Kanye West
House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop. -- Afrika Bambaataa
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. -- Chuck D
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. -- Jhene Aiko
If I could have anybody I haven't had, I'd want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Daddy, pick their minds a little bit. -- Shaun Alexander
You can try to change New York, but it's like Jay-Z says: Concrete bunghole where dreams are made up, there's nothing you can do. -- LIZ
I'm not cool enough to hang out with any rock stars. Jay-Z doesn't come over to my house. I don't hang out with Ted Nugent. -- Ted Cruz
She's BeyoncÃ©, and I'm [Jay-Z's] new protÃ©gÃ©e. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not friends friends. -- Rihanna
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. -- John Legend
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. -- Tracy Morgan
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. -- Russell Simmons
I'm trying to be the Jay-Z of comedy one day. I don't know if there's any comedy moguls out there, but I would love to be the first comedy mogul. -- J. B. Smoove
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. -- Angie Martinez
I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any better than James Joyce even though more people understand him. -- Matthew Specktor
When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap purely, although they are extremely conscious of the social inequities that prevail. -- Michael Eric Dyson
I think the new school is dope. Artists like Kid Cudi, The Cool Kids, Drake and Wale can come out of middle class homes and be on tracks with people like Jay-Z, who's from the hood and the street. -- SonReal
I still just like everybody else need to meet quotas with my spins, with my buzz and make my way into the office. It has to be undeniable; the world has to know about you before Jay-Z makes a call. -- Drake
I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian alternative music. The next day I have on some dance music. It all varies what I listen to. -- Steve Blake
I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap; I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar. -- Ezra Koenig
I have crushes, but they're all too old. Like Beyonce -she has a husband, I might get shot. I went up to give Beyonce a hug at the Grammys and Jay-Z said, watch out buddy! He was kidding, but you know... -- Justin Bieber
Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors or the music that was on American Bandstand in the 1950s-'60s. -- Chuck D
Jay-Z isn't actually any better than James Joyce even though more people understand him. I'm more interested in what's meaningful within the lives of individuals. And fiction will always be central to the lives of certain people, which is all that matters. -- Matthew Specktor
I hope the business sense that artists like Jay-Z and Nelly are showing rubs off on the young players. I want somebody to stand up and say, Look, these kids got it going on. We want to be a part of them. -- Antonio Davis
I grew up with my older brother listening to hip hop, and Jay-Z was the main person I listened to. When it comes to his word play, he's just out of this world. That's my biggest inspiration when it comes to writing lyrics. -- Tinchy Stryder
But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything in the last 30 years. Seeing people like Eminem sounding like somebody like Jay-Z and just the racial aspects of it all. -- Michael Rapaport
I remember listening to an interview with Beyonce and she talked about how she and her husband, Jay-Z, have always made it a point to have the conversation about them be about their music, not about their business, not about their personal business. -- Jennifer Lopez
I kinda like this Jay-Z thing, where he's retired, but he keeps doing shows. I think I beat him to that. If you say you're retired, people don't bother you so much, and then if you want to do something, you can do it. -- Bill Murray
Jay was intimidating to the point where I was totally intimidated before I even got to the booth. But I was like, this is going to be a test of my mettle. In the South, I'm regarded as the guy who, quote unquote, out-rapped Jay-Z. -- Bun B
Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I mean he does memorize it, he just doesn't write it down on paper. He doesn't freestyle onto the track, it's all thought out. -- Ice T
I used to wanna rap like Jay-Z, Now I feel I could run laps around Jay-Z, Nas ain't seen nothing this nasty, B.I.G. & Pac got it coming when I pass too. You got the mic, I ain't the one you wanna pass to -- Ab-Soul
On the radio there's only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, T.I., Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. Other artists are achieving things that are really special, they have a hard time getting people's attention. Music has been just a little bit lacklustre. -- Q-Tip
When I fell in love with hip-hop, my favorite rapper was Jay-Z. But I used to like Common and Nas. But I was a South dude. So I grew up on UGK, Triple Six, Outkast, and Pastor Troy. That's where I get my lingo, my slang, my passion. -- Cyhi the Prynce
As I've gotten old I've really listened to a wide spectrum of music, whether it's The Carpenters, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z or Lauryn Hill. I've kinda' run the gamut, and in listening to so many different styles, you come to take bits and pieces from all of it. -- Brooklyn Sudano
Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it's futile. The reality is there's criticism for everything, but Jay-Z is one of the most remarkable artists of our time of any genre, and as a hip-hop artist he carries the weight of that art form with such splendor and grace and genius. -- Michael Eric Dyson
I was in Boots buying contact lens solution, and my mobile went off. It was Jay-Z's partner at Roc Nation asking me what I was up to. He asked if I'd been to America, and I said, 'No.' Then he said, 'I'm putting you on a flight to New York tomorrow.' -- Rita Ora
I'm not saying that what the radio plays isn't good. My issue is with what they don't play. You can play Jay-Z, but why don't you play Jurassic 5? You can play Nas and Nelly, but why don't you play J-Live? I want to open up the door to how it was back in the day. -- DJ Jazzy Jeff
What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've studied all forms of music; I know probably more Jay-Z songs than the biggest Jay-Z fan. I've studied R. Kelly to the Isley Brothers to Stevie Wonder to Sting and Sade. You don't have one personality every day. You don't have one mood. -- Trey Songz
I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood. -- Olga Kurylenko
I have a very eclectic iPod. So I've got my cardio people - so it's anything from Beyonce to some Jay-Z to Janelle Monae, her song 'Tightrope,' that's a good cardio song. And then I've got Sting. I've got Mary J. Blige. I've got The Beatles. I've got Michael Jackson. I try to pick the songs that I personally love. -- Michelle Obama
I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now. -- Young Thug
Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence -- Saul Williams
Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence. -- Saul Williams
Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD. -- Young Thug
I never tried to be Jay Z or Big Poppa, I'm underground like them dead children buried in Gaza -- Immortal Technique
Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation -- and it's called October, -- Pete Rose
One thing Jay z told me that always sticks with me, is that, the album is never how you viewed it to be. -- Wale
To get the adrenaline pumping between events - or to help me switch off, Jay Z, the Roots and Drake are on my playlist. -- Jessica Ennis
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. -- Tyga
Anytime you see Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West. Anytime a young black person's doing good, that's motivation for everybody else. Anytime, anytime, it's motivation. Use that fuel to push you forward. That's what I did. -- Keke Palmer

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