I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings Nas More Quotes by Nas More Quotes From Nas My weapon of choice is my voice. Nas voiceweaponschoices I'm a reader, so when I go to bookstores I need (stuff) that's going to help me. There a big emptiness there and I want to help fill that through song. Nas bookstoressongneeds 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. Nas realgivingpeople Dogs live longer than rappers. Nas rapperdog I never see the whips niggas be claimin' they drivin, Nas raphip-hopmean I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that's been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it. Nas writingpastyears To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that. With that being said, then, the object of the game now is to make money off of exploiting it. That's what it's all about - get this money. That's basically what I'm saying. Nas hip-hopgamesyears I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life. Nas growing-uprussiacrazy 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 regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people. Nas fear-mongeringracebaby Sunlight and seeing something that was a thought become a thing and materialize - that makes me come alive. Nas sunlightseeingalive Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new. Nas hip-hopartistwant If the virgin Mary had an abortion, I'd still be carried in a chariot of stampeding horses. Nas abortionhorsenasty I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin Nas writingbookpast I want each album to say something different and be accepted better than the last one but I don't have any point to outdo any particular album of mine. Nas albumsdifferentwant We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow. Nas blackwhiteyellow I'm inspired by people like Nelson Mandela. Can you imagine - you know how racist America was back then - imagine how racism was in South Africa when he had to stand up and say what he had to say. That's bravery beyond comprehension. Nas racismamericapeople All I need is one mic Nas girlgunson All I need is one mic . All I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. Nas tryingmenneeds You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you. Nas be-who-you-aresupposed-to-bewho-you-are I'm a storyteller and the Bible is a bunch of stories about life and things that took place here on planet earth. It's a great example to use and a great reason to be happy about being a storyteller because the lessons of the land are always in stories. Nas landexamplestories
