I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
NASI had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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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 never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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I 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.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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Hip-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.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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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 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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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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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 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’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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of 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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