I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
NASI talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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 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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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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 don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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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’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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 think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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