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.
NASAnybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
More Nas Quotes
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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