There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
NASI think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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 think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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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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