I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
NASEvery time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
More Nas Quotes
-
-
The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
NAS -
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
NAS -
You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
NAS -
I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
NAS -
You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
NAS -
I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
NAS -
I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
NAS -
My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
NAS -
Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
NAS -
Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
NAS -
Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
NAS -
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.
NAS -
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
NAS






