No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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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 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 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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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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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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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