I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
NASEvery generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
More Nas Quotes
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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’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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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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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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