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.
NASI’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
More Nas Quotes
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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.
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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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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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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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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