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I came into this music business at 26 years old. I was a fully developed man at that point. At that age, I didn't have anything to prove. -Jay

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Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. -Jay

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Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. You don't have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It's that fear of going back down. -Jay

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I don't know where streaming will go in the future. The analytics that we're seeing tell us that streaming is the next thing, and downloads are going down. I feel like with the history of this platform, from vinyl to where we are now, it just seems like the next logical step. -Jay

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Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great. -Jay

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I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter. -Jay

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I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house. -Jay

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My mom always taught me - you know, little boys listen to their moms too much - that whatever you put into something is what you're going to get out of it. -Jay

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Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don't have the balls to say, 'I believe in this. I don't care what happens.' -Jay

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Religion is like a personal computer. You let people in if you want to... We're all gods. -Jay

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Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you. -Jay

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

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