It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
NASEven 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.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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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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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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