You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
NASWhen you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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 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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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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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 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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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