Nas Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.”

“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 lane. I'm doing what I do.”

“The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those - those are growing pains. Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I'm not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.”

“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 just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?”

“I can't control what people think. They know who I am.”

“Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.”

“To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.”

“I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.”

“You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.”

“My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.”