Quotes About Achievement

It's a big deal when you play in a rock band and you conquer Japan. You know, it's a big deal.

I was playing 25Ks in Japan, and now I'm the... champion of Indian Wells. It's crazy.

Reality is, I could have made Japan a career. I could have just gone to Japan and I'd have been great.

I'll never be, at least in my mind, as cool as Jason Bourne.

Everyone always says, 'Oh Jason helped Devin so much.' I think they say that so I don't feel bad he was a first-round pick.

Seeing Jay Z's just a great example of somebody who comes from a ghetto to rise to where he's at. I think... he done a great job.

I come from a town of 800 people, and you just listen to Jay Z there. You never think about meeting him. Then suddenly, one day, you're in his office, hearing stories about his whole journey.

I would definitely love to work with somebody like Jay Z or Rihanna.

A lot of my favorite artists didn't sell much out the gate. I didn't with Common at first. Neither did first albums from Outkast, Nas, or Jay Z. It doesn't scare me.

I always wanted to do a record called, 'The Three J's,' because you got me, Jay Rock, you got J. Cole, and you got Jay Z. I thought that it would be dope. I said, if I couldn't get Jay Z, we'll get Jay Electronica.

I most definitely respect Jay Z hustle and everything he built. He's a businessman first and I think he respects my hustle.

My goal is to be the Jay Z of DJing.

I've always loved Jay-Z's music and loved what he's done.

With Jay-Z, it's hard not to be amazing.

I'm the female Jay-Z. I never compared myself to other women artists. I compared myself with the best, and the best is Jay-Z.

You think Jay-Z is going broke? LeBron is going broke? These guys have figured it out. They came from poor backgrounds, broken homes, and they figured out how to be businessmen. They become new aspirations.

Margaret Hoover

Eminem is a major star. Em and JAY-Z have achieved things that I have never came close to achieving in my life. They are both major stars in Hip Hop. And to top it off, they are both very lyrical.

I have respect for the greats, like Jay-Z.

Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man.

Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical.

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

I did an instrumental jazz album. That was my first album.