My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
NASOnce you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
More Nas Quotes
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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 never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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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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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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