Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Failure is not an option, and I always felt like I'm a man who doesn't have regrets, and I don't live with excuses. I can't take excuses.
Nas
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
Actor
Businessperson
Dressmaker
Entrepreneur
Musician
Political Activist
Rapper
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Restaurateur
Singer
Brooklyn
New York
Nasir Jones
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
Nasty Nas
Nas Escobar
Always
Option
Men
Excuse
Like
Regret
Failure
Felt
Doesn
Live
Excuses
Take
Regrets
More quotes by Nas
People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame
Nas
I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin
Nas
In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.
Nas
I live in L.A. because my kids do. Home is where my kids are for me.
Nas
Respect all fear none my pride is everything
Nas
For my hustlers, here's some motivation: He who has begun is half done.
Nas
If the truth is told, the youth can grow.
Nas
The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.
Nas
Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
Nas
On the reals, all these crab niggaz know the deal, When we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is squeal.
Nas
I got the opportunity to meet people all over the world. Brilliant women, tall women, short women, slim women, thick women, you name it. But, I don't meet them. I have the opportunities to and it's a little bit - I'm a little shy, so I don't meet them and I don't know who's right for me.
Nas
The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record.
Nas
People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the music. It's less about bragging and more about being the best lyrically and poetically.
Nas
When your so focused on what people say, how can your really be focused on the music? If you're concerned with what someone says, you aren't working on a real record. You're working on something that's just for now, to please people this very second... because you don't believe in yourself.
Nas
So many affluent men are faced with finding love problems. I'm sure beautiful, affluent women are faced with the same things sometimes.
Nas
I never see the whips niggas be claimin' they drivin, I guess 'entertainment' means blatantly lyin'.
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 regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
Nas
I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening.
Nas
You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that's who you are. If you don't want to be that person, you know what you gotta do.
Nas
I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners
Nas
