No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
NASTo me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
More Nas Quotes
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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 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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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