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.
NASHip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
More Nas Quotes
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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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 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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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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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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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 don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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