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My brands are an extension of me. They’re close to me. It’s not like running GM, where there’s no emotional attachment.

Jay-Z

My first album didn’t come out until I was 26.
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Album Come First Out Six Twenty Until
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who’ve never done anything because if you haven’t been successful, then you don’t know how it feels to lose it all.
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Anything Bigger Done Failure Fear never People Success Successful
I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I’ve always had to manage both. I couldn’t get a record deal. It wasn’t by choice – I couldn’t get a record deal, so I had to figure it out.
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Album Always Artistic Both Executive First Manage Producer
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.
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Anybody Baby Benefit Child Make Name People Want Product Try Want
The experiences that I’ve had growing up with music, you know, I couldn’t trade them for any money in the world. Dancing in the living room to enjoy myself. ‘Enjoy Yourself,’ Michael Jackson.
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I have no idea what my teacher’s intentions were – whether she was trying to inspire us or if she actually thought visiting her Manhattan brownstone with her view of Central Park qualified as a school trip.
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I never wanted to just glamorize the playa lifestyle and not touch on the down side. I wanted everyone who’s in a desperate situation to know that, if they wanna choose that kinda lifestyle, they gotta be aware of everything that comes with it! It’s not just about the cars, the ladies and the money.
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Down Glamorize Just Lifestyle Playa Side Touch Want
I was talking about in slang, and it was something that people in the music business was not really privy to. They didn’t understand totally what I was saying or what I was talking about.
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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.
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What people have to understand is ‘Billboard’ is a magazine. They’re like elected officials – they work for us.
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My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.
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Dad Good Huge Just Left Scare Superhero
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That’s just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it… that’s excellence.
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Again Being Count Excellence Half Hit Once Over Performance Shot
The average rap life is two or three albums. You’re lucky to get to your second album in rap!
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I was never a worker. And that’s not even being arrogant. I was just never a worker.
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Music is the soundtrack to your life. It’s not going to go anywhere. But the way people are purchasing music has changed. It’s not the same anymore. It will never be the same.
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When the TV version of Annie came on, I was drawn to it. It was the struggle of this poor kid in this environment and how her life changed. It immediately resonated.
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