“It's not like I go into the studio and say I'm going to try to make music to prove to somebody that I can make music.” Quote by Damian Marley
“I had been through, of course, the divorce and I had been hit with some taxes that really showed me to be careful who's working with you and your money, and you have to be the one that is responsible for your money - you can't trust anyone and I did and I ran into a problem.” ProblemCoursesTaxesResponsibleCarefulDivorceRanBe CarefulCan't Trust Anyone Author:Nas
“In the past I had to deal with issues that hit me as a younger man. As a man who wasn't married who didn't really have the experience that I have now. Today I'm a different guy.” MenDifferentTodayPastGuyDealsIssuesMarriedDifferent Guys Author:Nas
“I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the fact that everything's about bragging.” WantGivingI CanFactsArtistGive MeRelateBragging Author:Nas
“If I made an album just to sell you a story about how I'm the man, it really doesn't show any human side to me. It's good to talk about what's real and what's relevant.” IfsMenHumansMadeRealStoriesShowsSidesHe ManSellsAlbumsRelevant Author: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.” PeopleKnowsWorldLittlesOpportunityNamesBitsLittle BitBrilliantShyTallThickSlimTall Women Author:Nas
“So many affluent men are faced with finding love problems. I'm sure beautiful, affluent women are faced with the same things sometimes.” MenSometimesProblemBeautifulFindingsFinding LoveAffluent Author:Nas
“I wanted to say what wasn't being said. I wanted to give people a real story. I wanted people to know people like me exist in the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldGivingSaidRealStoriesWantedLike MeReal Story Author:Nas
“The big stars in rap, they were too big, so when my rap generation started, it was about bringing you inside my apartment. It wasn't about being a rap star; it was about anything other than.” BigsStarsGenerationsRapApartment Author:Nas
“I want you to know who I am: what the streets taste like, feel like, smell like. What the cops talk like, walk like, think like. What crackheads do - I wanted you to smell it, feel it. It was important to me that I told the story that way because I thought that it wouldn't be told if I didn't tell it.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelsImportantStoriesWantedWalksStreetsTasteSmellWho I AmCopI Want YouCrackheads Author:Nas
“I used to keep a dictionary and work with it and then I realized there are more words that exist in the English language than there are in this dictionary.” UsedLanguageI RealizedEnglish LanguageDictionary Author:Nas