It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
NASI have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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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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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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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.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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