My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
NASI think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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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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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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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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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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 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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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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