Nas Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.”

“Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.”

“Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.”

“I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.”

“We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.”

“When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.”

“DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.”

“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.”

“I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.”

“I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.”