Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy. — 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
Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move… — Nas Copy Share Image
I wanted to say what wasn't being said. I wanted to give people a real story. I wanted people to know people… — Nas Copy Share Image
There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would… — Nas Copy Share Image
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… — Nas Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to reach a place where I can speak what's in my heart, and people know that it comes… — Nas Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is such an amazing thing that kids still want to do it. They're not saying, "Ugh, that's the old people's music."… — Nas Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by people like Nelson Mandela. Can you imagine - you know how racist America was back then - imagine how… — Nas Copy Share Image
I got the opportunity to meet people all over the world. Brilliant women, tall women, short women, slim women, thick women, you… — Nas Copy Share Image
I talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even… — Nas Copy Share Image
I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan… — Nas Copy Share Image
I've met a lot of people and happened to inspire a lot of people who I'm in conversation with about business. It's… — Nas Copy Share Image
When your so focused on what people say, how can your really be focused on the music? If you're concerned with what… — Nas Copy Share Image
Some people say I'm saying what they wanna say. Some people don't agree. Some people are outraged. Some people want to see… — Nas Copy Share Image
I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts… — Nas Copy Share Image
Some people work hard to be something that they're not, and I don't work at all, I'm just me. And that can… — Nas Copy Share Image
Anything that's really good, everybody wants to put their hands on. The multimedia puts their hands on it and everything happens that… — Nas Copy Share Image
I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people… — Nas Copy Share Image
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… — Nas Copy Share Image
America is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these… — Nas Copy Share Image
I don't respect killers, I respect O.G. knowledge, Codes of the streets got new rules, but no guidance. Lessons, detrimental to a… — Nas Copy Share Image
People give me a better understanding on things that I said, or a different way to look at it. — 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 think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned… — Nas Copy Share Image
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… — Nas Copy Share Image
If you really believe in yourself and your music that much, you're gonna do your thing, regardless what people say. — Nas Copy Share Image
People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame — Nas Copy Share Image
People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Life is short is what some n* said, not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did. — Nas Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
