Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
NASI want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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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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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than 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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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’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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