The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.

I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin'. If I say it, I gotta be able to back it up.

The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.

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.

The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.

The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic.

Winners have to absorb losses.