Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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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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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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When 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.
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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 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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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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