No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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More Nas Quotes
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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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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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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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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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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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’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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