I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
NASThere was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
More Nas Quotes
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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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 love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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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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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 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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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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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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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