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.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

Work harder than anybody you've ever seen. That's what I believe.

I've been betrayed a lot of times in life. I think everybody's been.

Sometimes I have to remind myself, that on my worst day I live like somebody on their greatest

I leave my circle tight in keep my family close.

If you don't have your friends and your family, what do you really have? You can have all the money in the world, but with no friends and no family, it's no good.