Nas Quotes
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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 think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. 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 just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot.
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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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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.
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I don't have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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 wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that's what it's all about in the end - everybody being happy and working it out.
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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.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.