Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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More Nas Quotes
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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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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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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.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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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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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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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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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.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no 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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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’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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