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.
NASI’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
More Nas Quotes
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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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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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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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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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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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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