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.
NASI don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
More Nas Quotes
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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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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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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