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.
NASThe flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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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 never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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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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