Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
NASWhenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
More Nas Quotes
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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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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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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