Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
NASN.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
More Nas Quotes
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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