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Jay Z

"I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company."

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"I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company."

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A.E. Samaan

"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."

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A.E. Samaan

"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."

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A.E. Samaan

"These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect."

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A.E. Samaan

"Negroes at last were on Broadway, and there to stay. We were artists and we were going a long way."

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A.E. Samaan

"An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else."

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A.E. Samaan

"I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason."

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A.E. Samaan

"Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists."

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A.E. Samaan

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."

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A.E. Samaan

"I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted."

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A.E. Samaan

"One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations."

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Jay Z
"The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!"

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Jay Z
"I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company."

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Jay Z
"I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard."

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