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.
NASThe sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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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 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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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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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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