Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
NASWhen you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
More Nas Quotes
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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 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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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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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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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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 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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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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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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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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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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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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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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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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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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 want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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