Whoever said that artists shouldn't pay attention to their business was probably someone w/their hand in some artist's pocket.
Jay-ZYour future is ahead of you. Imagine the notion of the past fifteen years of your life being a blip in your story.
Jay-ZI'm gonna fight, and I'm gonna make something out of nothing. That's pretty much the American dream. So, for me, the realization that I could speak to people like that came first on a small scale. Then it just started happening. I started having this vibration.
Jay-Z