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.
NASWe’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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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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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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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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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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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