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.
NASMy record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
More Nas Quotes
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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 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 had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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