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.
NASHip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake 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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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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.
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