Jay-Z Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?

  Jay-Z

  Writing, Men, Why Not

• New York has a thousand universes in it that don't always connect but we do all walk the same streets, hear the same sirens, ride the same subways, see the same headlines in the Post, read the same writings on the walls. That shared landscape gets inside of all of us and, in some small way, unites us, makes us think we know each other even when we don't.

  Jay-Z

  New York, Wall, Writing

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.108, Random House Group

• I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook.

  Jay-Z

  Notebook, Running, Writing

• Gotta keep it peace like a buddhist
  Nobody gonna Wesley snipe me
  It's less than likely,
  Move back,
  Let I breathe Jedi knight,
  The more space I get the better I write,
  (Oh) Never I write, but, if, ever I write,
  I need the space to say whatever I like.

  Jay-Z

  Buddhist, Moving, Writing

• For me, the challenge is just making great albums, because talent - and writing in general - is not tangible. There's no expiration date on it. At the same time, you might wake up tomorrow and be unable to write music.

  Jay-Z

  Writing, Challenges, Albums

  Interview With Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.

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