--- title: "27 Want Quotes By Nas" description: "27 Want quotes by Nas. Plus more from Nas and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/nas-650_people_i-think-more-people-want-to-be-rappers-t_1563276.png" --- > [I think more people want to be rappers than anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-more-people-want-to-be-rappers-than-anything-else/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/nas-650_people_i-think-more-people-want-to-be-rappers-t_1563276.png) > [I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-to-sound-like-an-instrument-i-want-my-voice-and-my-words-to-2/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/nas-650_beats_i-want-to-sound-like-an-instrument-i-wan_1124513.png) > [I don't want to disappoint - that's a nightmare to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-don-t-want-to-disappoint-that-s-a-nightmare-to-me/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/nas-650_disappoint_i-don-t-want-to-disappoint-that-s-a-nigh_361751.png) > [The further I get, the further I want to go](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/the-further-i-get-the-further-i-want-to-go/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/nas-650_funny_the-further-i-get-the-further-i-want-to_389604.png) > [I'm a reader, so when I go to bookstores I need (stuff) that's going to help me. There a big emptiness there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-m-a-reader-so-when-i-go-to-bookstores-i-need-stuff-that-s-going-to/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/nas-650_bigs_i-m-a-reader-so-when-i-go-to-bookstores_1516231.png) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-expect-the-hip-hop-audience-to-be-avant-garde-i-want-them-to-be/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/nas-650_audience_i-expect-the-hip-hop-audience-to-be-avan_2130666.png) > [I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-to-have-fun-it-s-a-beautiful-life-you-learn-you-win-you-lose/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/nas-650_beautiful_i-want-to-have-fun-it-s-a-beautiful-life_416892.png) > [I want someone who like the champagne I like. My a-alike. Someone to talk me off the bridge any day or night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-someone-who-like-the-champagne-i-like-my-a-alike-someone-to/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/nas-650_boyfriend_i-want-someone-who-like-the-champagne-i_2349520.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/you-don-t-want-to-disappoint-especially-someone-like-me-who-s-been/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/nas-650_album_you-don-t-want-to-disappoint-especially_3090713.png) > [The reason I want to be alone, is I'm tired of all the things that went wrong that would've went right if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/the-reason-i-want-to-be-alone-is-i-m-tired-of-all-the-things-that/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/nas-650_ems_the-reason-i-want-to-be-alone-is-i-m-tir_1263073.png) > [Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/anybody-i-m-dating-i-don-t-want-them-to-talk-about-my-music-i-don-t/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/nas-650_about_anybody-i-m-dating-i-don-t-want-them-to_2003511.png) > [The reason I want to be alone, is Im tired of all the things that went wrong that wouldve went right if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/the-reason-i-want-to-be-alone-is-im-tired-of-all-the-things-that-went/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/nas-650_im-tired_the-reason-i-want-to-be-alone-is-im-tire_1577936.png) > [Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-artist-especially-the-older-ones-are-the-ones-who-new-hip-hop/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/nas-650_art_hip-hop-artist-especially-the-older-ones_346302.png) > [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."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-is-such-an-amazing-thing-that-kids-still-want-to-do-it-they/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/nas-650_amazing-things_hip-hop-is-such-an-amazing-thing-that-ki_1795885.png) > [You got a handful of great guys - Ne-Yo, R. Kelly, Usher. You have a handful of great female artists. But for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/you-got-a-handful-of-great-guys-ne-yo-r-kelly-usher-you-have-a/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/nas-650_adjustment_you-got-a-handful-of-great-guys-ne-yo-r_822228.jpg) > [I want you to know who I am: what the streets taste like, feel like, smell like. What the cops talk like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-you-to-know-who-i-am-what-the-streets-taste-like-feel-like/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/nas-650_cop_i-want-you-to-know-who-i-am-what-the-str_1239122.jpg) > [I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-to-sound-like-an-instrument-i-want-my-voice-and-my-words-to/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/nas-650_mind_i-want-to-sound-like-an-instrument-i-wan_90236.jpg) > [When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/when-you-have-a-daughter-you-want-to-protect-her-from-the-things-that/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/nas-650_children_when-you-have-a-daughter-you-want-to-pro_1422502.png) > [I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I'm not perfect, and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-don-t-want-any-title-i-just-say-what-i-say-and-hopefully-somebody/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/nas-650_any_i-don-t-want-any-title-i-just-say-what-i_2332115.png) > [When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/when-you-re-a-teenager-you-want-to-meet-a-lot-of-girls-you-want-to/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/nas-650_anything_when-you-re-a-teenager-you-want-to-meet_357775.png) > [Anything that's really good, everybody wants to put their hands on. The multimedia puts their hands on it and everything happens that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/anything-that-s-really-good-everybody-wants-to-put-their-hands-on-the/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/nas-650_art_anything-that-s-really-good-everybody-wa_766953.jpg) > [I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-to-hear-the-artist-i-want-to-hear-them-give-me-something-that/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/nas-650_art_i-want-to-hear-the-artist-i-want-to-hear_2084374.png) > [I want each album to say something different and be accepted better than the last one but I don't have any point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-each-album-to-say-something-different-and-be-accepted-better/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/nas-650_accepted_i-want-each-album-to-say-something-diffe_885917.png) > [Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel. 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/speak-what-i-want-i-don-t-care-what-y-all-feel-cause-i-m-my-own/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/nas-650_boss_speak-what-i-want-i-don-t-care-what-y-al_2850954.png) > [I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-ve-been-called-everything-gangsta-rap-i-ve-been-called-conscious/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/nas-650_been_i-ve-been-called-everything-gangsta-rap_1263568.png) > [I'm just flowing through, when I see things, I talk about 'em. And it's cool. I don't want any title. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-m-just-flowing-through-when-i-see-things-i-talk-about-em-and-it-s/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/nas-650_being-real_i-m-just-flowing-through-when-i-see-thin_2288695.jpg) > [Yo I want a girl so real Who not after material wealth but get dough still. Or maybe an educator, a lady…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/yo-i-want-a-girl-so-real-who-not-after-material-wealth-but-get-dough/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/nas-650_material-wealth_yo-i-want-a-girl-so-real-who-not-after-m_3033360.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Nas > [I need the best things in life, that's women, thats cars. Cigars in Venice, bottle on ice, thats priceless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-need-the-best-things-in-life-that-s-women-thats-cars-cigars-in/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-i-ve-had-the-longest-career-of-strength-focus-and-still-being/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-had-a-pretty-public-divorce-they-re-not-easy-divorces-and-it-took/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/if-you-scared-to-take-chances-you-ll-never-have-the-answers/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Read more learn more, change the globe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/read-more-learn-more-change-the-globe/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-hip-hop-allows-us-to-talk-about-everything-and-africa-is-what/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Life is short is what some n\* said, not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/life-is-short-is-what-some-n-said-not-if-you-measure-life-by-how-one/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/calling-michelle-obama-barack-s-baby-mama-tell-me-is-that-acceptable/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [With age comes common sense and wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/with-age-comes-common-sense-and-wisdom/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/it-s-foul-what-this-money-could-do-cash-corrupts-the-loyal/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/this-morning-i-got-a-call-nearly-split-my-wig-this-social-network/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-to-sound-like-an-instrument-i-want-my-voice-and-my-words-to/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/there-needs-to-be-structures-in-place-to-do-something-about/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I've learned not to be surprised by what people do no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-ve-learned-not-to-be-surprised-by-what-people-do-no-more/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Nasty Nas Enterprises, mastermind, made men. My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends. Dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/nasty-nas-enterprises-mastermind-made-men-my-success-symbolizes/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/nas/#itemlist", "name": "27 Want Quotes By Nas", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think more people want to be rappers than anything else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-more-people-want-to-be-rappers-than-anything-else/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/nas-650_people_i-think-more-people-want-to-be-rappers-t_1563276.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/nas-650_people_i-think-more-people-want-to-be-rappers-t_1563276.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/nas-650_people_i-think-more-people-want-to-be-rappers-t_1563276.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think more people want to be rappers than anything else.” — Nas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to sound like an instrument. 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