You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you. Nas More Quotes by Nas More Quotes From Nas Anything that's really good, everybody wants to put their hands on. The multimedia puts their hands on it and everything happens that makes it global. Then people forget the roots of it and people forget why they care about it, and then it gets torn apart and turns so commercial that you don't even know what the essence of this art form is even about. Nas essencehandsart If the truth is told, the youth can grow. Nas truth-isyouthgrows No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun. Nas old-thingssunideas God gushed me out his nuts, the devil swallowed me up and I burnt a hole in his guts Nas holesdevilnuts I fell in love with words and I think that made my mom smile. I think that was cool for her. Nas my-mommomthinking It hurts to see anybody in pain, if you've got any kind of heart. Nas painhurtheart Read more learn more, change the globe Nas globes True in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins Nas bluememoriesblood Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded. When I named the album originally, I thought I bit off more than I could chew but you'd be an idiot to think I'm talking about how the South killed hip-hop or how New York isn't where it should be or where it once was. It was like, "Damn, I need to explain this?" But I thought, "Nah, the proof is right there. We should know what it is." 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. Nas retardedidiotthinking 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. Nas faithfulteenagergirl When I write a story, I just wanna tell you what's in my head. It can come from real life and then turn into fantasy, stuff just rhyming. And write about what you know. I just like to tell stories that have not been told or [told] from my perspective. Nas perspectiverealwriting ...Shorty's laugh was cold-blooded as he spoke so foul, Nas clothesrapblow At one point, the old school club retires and you're next up to bat, but if you stop before your time, you will see someone else live your dream. Nas batsdreamschool Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest. Nas divorcecrazylove-is I'm over dey heads like a bulemic on a seesaw Nas seesawhip-hop To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets. Nas challenging-myselfversionschallenges Just do as much as you can. Nas I'm proud to be an American, no matter what. But Amercian culture is stale, you know wha I'm saying ? We keep regurgitating the same sh*t. And it ain't exciting. I seen it from when I was a kid watching the whole sh*t. The sh*t was exciting to me. Nas proudmatterkids I've gone through too much, from beefs to divorce to my mom passing which I always expressed in my music, so there's not album that sticks out as more important than the other to me. Nas divorcemomimportant Mind's in another world thinking how can we exist through the facts Nas weedsmokingthinking
