I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
NASI have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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 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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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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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’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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