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Jay-Z Quotes

Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a way.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 4, 1969

Topics

Me Deep Emotions Movies Way Rap

When you whisper about something, it's too big, and you can't get it under control and take control of it.

Control You Big Take Something Get

I started EWF because I had a vision, and music was playing in my head that I wanted to bring through. What I had in mind was exactly what Earth, Wind & Fire became.

Music Vision Fire Mind Wind Earth

Hyatt lost its appeal because it was too big a machine. It's easy to systematize economies of scale, but you slowly lose who you are.

Easy You Lose Lost Big Because

I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.

Direction Actor Always Amazed Any

Men get together, and they complain about their wives because it's what they feel they're supposed to do. It's as phony as your frat-buddy's stupid tribal tattoos, and everybody knows it.

Men Together Stupid Get Together Get

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

Birthday Music Day People Mom Song

I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase.

Mary Harris Jones

Life Mother Government I Am My Life

I don't know exactly what are you supposed to do when you retire. Lie on the couch and do nothing? I didn't want to do that.

Lie You Know Want Nothing Retire

I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you try to do it again, it doesn't work so well.

Work Love Moment Best Kiss King

You start getting hit with some very interesting situations in life - you as a parent - when they approach that teenage area, which is frightening because you still have memories of that age and the things you were doing at that age... Please don't do what I did.

Life Age Memories Start Parent You

A drummer is usually like the backbone.

Brody Armstrong

Drummer Backbone Like

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.

People Opinion World Lose Office

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