Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
NASI 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?
More Nas Quotes
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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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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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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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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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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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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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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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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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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