I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
NASEvery generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
More Nas Quotes
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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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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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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 want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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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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 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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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.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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