Nas Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Nas
Nas Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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.
Material, women, and large paper?
That means you inferior, not major.
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.
There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.
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 unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe ...
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.
People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame
You know the block was ill as a youngster
Every night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpster
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.
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.
The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives.
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.