I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
NASDJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
More Nas Quotes
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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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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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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