Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
NASLife Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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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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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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 know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing 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 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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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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