I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
NASHip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
More Nas Quotes
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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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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