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.
NASSome 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.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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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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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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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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