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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More Nas Quotes
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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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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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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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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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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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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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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 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.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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