I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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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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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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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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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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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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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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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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Hip-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.
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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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