My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about,… — Nas Copy Share Image
I'm a reader, so when I go to bookstores I need (stuff) that's going to help me. There a big emptiness there… — Nas Copy Share Image
When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way. That's just me. — Nas Copy Share Image
The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record. — Nas Copy Share Image
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. — Nas Copy Share Image
I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. — Nas Copy Share Image
No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records. — Nas Copy Share Image
There's really nothing better than music to bring people together and to have amazing music being not just created inside walls but… — Nas Copy Share Image
I've gone through too much, from beefs to divorce to my mom passing which I always expressed in my music, so there's… — Nas Copy Share Image
I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is… — Nas Copy Share Image
There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the… — Nas Copy Share Image
I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a… — Nas Copy Share Image
I need the best things in life, that's women, thats cars. Cigars in Venice, bottle on ice, thats priceless. — Nas Copy Share
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… — Nas Copy Share
I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through. — Nas Copy Share
I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not… — Nas Copy Share
Life is short is what some n* said, not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did. — Nas Copy Share
Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering… — Nas Copy Share
This morning I got a call, nearly split my wig. This social network said Nas go and get your kid. She's on Twitter, I… — Nas Copy Share
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of… — Nas Copy Share
There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk… — Nas Copy Share
Nasty Nas Enterprises, mastermind, made men. My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends. Dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes,… — Nas Copy Share
