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.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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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 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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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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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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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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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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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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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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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