By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.
Jay-ZYou can want success all you want, but to get it, you canโt falter. You canโt slip. You canโt sleep. One eye open, for real, and forever.
Jay-ZWhen you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.
Jay-Z