I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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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 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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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 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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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