(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Jay-Z says being around hot women keeps him looking cool.

The American rapper is married Beyonc Knowles, whose sexy dance moves and sultry stage performances have made her a hit with men all over the world.

Jay-Z knows many people think he leads a dream lifestyle thanks to his music and business career and successful marriage and says a lot of that is down to the people he surrounds himself with.

I'm around great women, starting with my mom, he replied, when asked how he remains so cool. Women keep men cool. The hotter the chick the cooler the guy... that sounds like a really bad rap line!

Jay-Z made the comment while being interviews by Gwyneth Paltrow for her website GOOPs newsletter. The musician is promoting his new website Life + Times, which hes using to draw attention to new developments in art, design, music, sport and leisure.

Hes proud of the site, explaining only items which pique his interest will be included on it. Its taken him a long time to develop and he hopes it will be inspiring for his fans.

I started working on it in its various incarnations over a year ago. I've thought about it forever. You know how it works, seeing other sites and being either inspired or saying, That's sh*t. I would do it like he explained.

I think it's every human's job to inspire others, to feed one another's senses. Inspiration begets inspiration times infinity. Imagine if the person that was inspired to create the phonograph didn't share it with the world. (C) Cover Media