I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
NASEvery time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
More Nas Quotes
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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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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I 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.
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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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 think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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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’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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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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