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" I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it. "
Nas
Marriage
Thing
Think
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" Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist. "
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" 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. "
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Me
Dying
" I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing. "
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Nothing
Quality
Time
" Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight. "
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Hip-Hop
Spotlight
Noise
" I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was. "
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Some
Tattoos
Life
" Let's not forget, art can sell. You ain't gotta front all the time on your records. "
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Art
Front
" 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. "
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Power
Responsibility
Day
" Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot. "
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Expectations
You
Here
" Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. "
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Appreciate
Your
You
" All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. "
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Important
Mothers
Need
" Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy. "
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Prophecy
Try
People
" 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
Great
People
Respect
" 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. "
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Mistakes
Moments
Respect
" GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that. "
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Her
Game
Fearless
" 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. "
Nas
Me
Think
Morning
" There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it. "
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People
Respect
Game
" I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through. "
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Long Time
Long
Easy
" When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead. "
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Music
Political
Say
" Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career. "
Nas
Confidence
Experience
Great
" I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that's what it's all about in the end - everybody being happy and working it out. "
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Work
Time
Music
" 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? "
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Time
Perfect
Not Perfect
" 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. "
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Africa
Standing
Up
" I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is. We as MC's criticize each other. That's the nature of hip-hop. "
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Hip-Hop
Through
Think
" I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery. "
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You
Discovery
Good
" When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend. "
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Meet
Respect
You
" To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets. "
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Myself
Version
Creatively
" Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you. "
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Look
Your
You
" 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. "
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Know
Want
Everything
" Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it. "
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Man
Friend
Best Friend
" Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York. "
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Hip-Hop
New York
Than