No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
NASYour look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
More Nas Quotes
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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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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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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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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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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