Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
If you really believe in yourself and your music that much, you're gonna do your thing, regardless what people say.
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
Thing
Much
Believe
Really
People
Regardless
Gonna
Music
More quotes by Nas
I'm sure we're gonna meet some bumps in the road, but if it's meant to be it will happen.
Nas
I guess entertainment means blatantly lyin'
Nas
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
Nas
My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.
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
Africa has been going through so much for so many years it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
Nas
Never stop. Never settle. I believe in this message.
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
It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.
Nas
The further I get, the further I want to go
Nas
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.
Nas
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
Dogs live longer than rappers.
Nas
I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.
Nas
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
Hip-hop is such an amazing thing that kids still want to do it. They're not saying, Ugh, that's the old people's music. No, they're younger than they've ever been that want to get into hip-hop music.
Nas
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
For my hustlers, here's some motivation: He who has begun is half done.
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 talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even hidden. I think it's my duty to be proud and to bring about the conversation that allows us to talk about the great history of my people.
Nas
