Nas Quotes

Niggas hate what they can't understand, fear what they can't conquer

What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin
War gets deep, some beef is everlastin

The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.

When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way. That's just me.

I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the fact that everything's about bragging.

Dogs live longer than rappers.

Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow

Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain and be prosperous, though we live dangerous.

With age comes common sense and wisdom.

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

How can you lose when you're doing you?

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.

What you base your happiness around?
Material, women, and large paper?
That means you inferior, not major.

You only have one first chance to make one first impression that lasts a lifetime.

The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.

No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done

You don't want to disappoint. Especially someone like me who's been out of music for years and hasn't had an album in like, four years.

Just do as much as you can.

If the virgin Mary had an abortion, I'd still be carried in a chariot of stampeding horses.

Every great person educates themselves.

There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.

Mind's in another world thinking how can we exist through the facts

At one point, the old school club retires and you're next up to bat, but if you stop before your time, you will see someone else live your dream.

I just appreciate what Andre 3000 has done musically - just the bravery. I think Andre 3000 may be one of the bravest artists in rap music.

When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.

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.

Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold
I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe ...

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.

All I need is one mic . All I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man.

I'm never gonna die, never heard of death, energy can never be destroyed only the flesh.

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.

I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.

Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded.

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne

I think more people want to be rappers than anything else.

Street's disciple, my raps are trifle.
I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle.

People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame

I know i can, be what i wanna be, if i work hard at it, I'll be where i wanna be

Use your own intuition. You are tomorrow.

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you.

You lose money chasing women;
Never lose women chasing money.

Let's not forget, art can sell. You ain't gotta front all the time on your records.

You know the block was ill as a youngster
Every night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpster

Sunlight and seeing something that was a thought become a thing and materialize - that makes me come alive.

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.

Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.

I don't kill soloists only kill squads

Respect all fear none my pride is everything

The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record.

I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?)
I'm out for dead presidents to represent me.

The further I get, the further I want to go

I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings

Failure is not an option, and I always felt like I'm a man who doesn't have regrets, and I don't live with excuses. I can't take excuses.

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

Props is a true thug's wife.

I wanted to say what wasn't being said. I wanted to give people a real story. I wanted people to know people like me exist in the world.

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.

No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun ...

If I ruled the world Imagine that ...

I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.

My duration's infinite, money-wise or physiology.

Whats up with your motto? Will you lead? Will you follow?

I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.

God gushed me out his nuts, the devil swallowed me up and I burnt a hole in his guts

Vocabulary spills I'm ill.

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.

My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.

I'm a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity,
Just hope the Big Man show me some courtesy

Realize, how many classics I gave you/Perhaps if you think back you'll realize that I made you

Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.

I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.

I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.

It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.

My weapon of choice is my voice.

I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.

You ni**az get me sick, wannabe soundin like you know my arithmetic ... but we don't sound alike

Life is short is what some niggaz said; not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did.

It hurts to see anybody in pain, if you've got any kind of heart.

Somehow the rap game remind me of the crack game

And the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dykes

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.

I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin

I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.

No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives.

I don't meditate. Silence is golden though.

I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.

If you're scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers.

But uhh, a thug changes, and love changes
and best friends become strangers, word up

Play it cool, that's the old school rule man ...

I'm over dey heads like a bulemic on a seesaw

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.

The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me.

On the reals, all these crab niggaz know the deal,
When we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is squeal.

Just sitting in silence is one of the best things a man can do.

Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.