Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
NASHip-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.
More Nas Quotes
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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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 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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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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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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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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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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.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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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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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 can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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