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.
NASI want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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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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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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’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 think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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