The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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More Nas Quotes
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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