I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
NASWhenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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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 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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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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