Jay-Z Quotes

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

My most amazing discovery was becoming a mother. It changed everything. I can't imagine my life without these little beings.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Motherhood is the greatest thing I've ever done in my life.

I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

Everyone has early fiction fantasies, but it wasn't until my second child Betsy was born that I allowed the urge to write a novel bubble up.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

Motherhood is an amazing feeling, and if you get to relive those special moments while working, it works as an icing on the cake. Kids have always been close to my heart, and working with them is a pleasure for me.

Children change you. They really do.

I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that's happened to me.

It's no coincidence that I began writing the day my daughter started school. I knew everything I knew before I began to write, but I was raising two children and didn't have the time to get to the typewriter.

Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

I have learned that I have to slow down and appreciate that my daughter still needs me, still wants me to help her negotiate everything in her life.

There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.

People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.

I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.

What gives me strength is thinking about my children.

When my daughter was born, I said: 'I feel like I know what I've been waiting my whole life to be.'

I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids.

This is the hardest job I've ever had, being a mom, but it's the most rewarding job I've ever had.