My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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.
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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 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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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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.
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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 get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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