Top 87 Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones Quotes (NAS)

Top 10 Most Famous Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes

“There was nothing more important to me than having a voice. I wanted to make a big impact on this art form, I wanted to kick everybody out. I wanted to open up a doorway for another generation.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

You have to keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear. — You have to keep your **vision** clear, cause only a coward lives in **fear**.

Everything will eventually come to an end. So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it — Everything will eventually come to an end. So try to savor the moment, cause **time** flies, don’t it?

No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done. — No idea is original, there’s nothing new under the sun, it’s never what you do, but how it’s done.

The beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the better, Cause nothin' lasts forever. — The **beauty** of **life**, you gotta make it last for the better, Cause nothin’ lasts forever.

Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite. — Much **success** to you, even if you wish me the opposite.

No temporary chaos is worth your sanity.

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined. — Beyond the walls of intelligence, **life** is defined.

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words. — Don’t speak to fools, they scorn the **wisdom** of your words.

3 Motivational Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes on Hard Work

Turnin' nothin' into somethin' is God work, and you get nothin' without struggle and hard work. — Turnin’ nothin’ into somethin’ is God work, and you get nothin’ without struggle and **hard work**.

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. — Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll **appreciate** the struggle.

I know I can, be what I wanna be if I work hard at it, I'll be where I wanna be. — I know I can, be what I wanna be if I **work hard** at it, I’ll be where I wanna be.

16 InspirationalNasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes About Life

“If the truth is told, the youth can grow… Then learn to survive until they gain control… Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes… Read more learn more, change the globe.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

Your look reflects whats happening in your mind.

How can you lose when you're doing you? — How can you lose when you’re doing you?

Every great person educates themselves. — Every great person **educates** themselves.

Play it cool, that's the old school rule man. — Play it cool, that’s the old school rule man.

Respect all, fear none, my pride is everything. — **Respect** all, **fear** none, my pride is everything.

The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling. — The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.

“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.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up. — I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You **learn**, you win, you lose, but you get up.

Just sitting in silence is one of the best things a man can do.

Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. What I stand for speaks for itself... they don't understand. — Аll I need is one **life**, one try, one breath, I’m one man. What I stand for speaks for itself… they don’t understand.

I'm never gonna die, never heard of death, energy can never be destroyed only the flesh. — I’m never gonna die, never heard of death, energy can never be destroyed only the flesh.

I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did. — I don’t get **jealousy**, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.

No matter where you’re from – you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American – whatever you are, we’re all distant relatives.

Life is parallel to hell but I must maintain and be prosperous, though we live dangerous.

The craziest things already happened to me, so either you’ll be laughing at me or you’re laughing with me, ha.

14 WiseNasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes on Success

“Don’t ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life’s all about. You’ve always got to stick with whatever you’re into because your day is going to come. Your day is destined. If you walk away from that, whether it be from fear or whether you’re just giving up. The greatest sin is fear and giving up.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

I never brag, how real I keep it, cause that's the best secret. — I never brag, how real I keep it, cause that’s the best secret.

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. — **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.

“It’s a thin line between paper and hate, Friends and snakes, nine millis and thirty-eights, Hell or the pearly gates… I was destined to come, Predicted, blame God, He blew breath in my lungs.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

For my hustlers, here's some motivation: He who has begun is half done. — For my **hustlers**, here’s some **motivation**: He who has begun is half done.

My advice for the younger dudes would push you all the way, don’t obsess over what anybody else is doing.

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. — 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**.

“If you’re given an opportunity and you’re lucky enough to have freedom to do what you want to do in your career, why trap yourself, why do something that’s not you.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers… — If you scared to take **chances**, you’ll never have the answers…

The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me. — The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.

I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings. — I’m capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings.

Some seek fame cause they need validation, some say hating is confused admiration.

True in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins. I pour my Heineken brew to my deceased crew on memory lane. — True in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins. I pour my Heineken brew to my deceased crew on **memory** lane.

5 Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes on Money

“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?”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

You lose money chasing women, never lose women chasing money… — You lose **money** chasing women, never lose women chasing money…

They say money rule the world, you can’t pay God with it. — They say **money** rule the world, you can’t pay God with it.

What you base your happiness around Material, women, and large paper That means you inferior, not major. — What you base your **happiness** around? Material, women, and large paper? That means you inferior, not major.

Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe... — Through the lights cameras and **action**, glamour glitters and **gold** I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe…

18 Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes on Rapping and Music (HIP-HOP)

“Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. — I wish the **music** business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything.

Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. — I talk about **life**, and I make universal **music** with an American style – and that’s what I do.

You’re supposed to be who you are. You’re supposed to make music that is true to you. — You’re supposed to be who you are. You’re supposed to make **music** that is true to you.

“I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

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

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do. — Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.

I’m taking rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow. My rhymin' is a vitamin held without a capsule. — I’m taking rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow. My rhymin’ is a vitamin held without a capsule.

“Hip-hop started in NY so it’s important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should not be a small-minded conversation. Music is supposed to evolve. It’s supposed to be going through changes, it’s not supposed to sound exactly the same as what it did when it started. NY hip-hop has to be allowed to move on and grow and expand.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

My first record - it was 1991. I was 16 years old. My first album came out when I was 20. So, I've been here that long and I still have the passion to do it. — My first record – it was 1991. I was 16 years old. My first album came out when I was 20. So, I’ve been here that long and I still have the **passion** to do it.

I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on. — I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.

“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, it’s still here, and that’s says a lot.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)

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. — 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.

The further I get, the further I want to go.

If you really believe in yourself and your music that much, you’re gonna do your thing, regardless what people say. — If you really **believe** in yourself and your music that much, you’re gonna do your thing, regardless what people say.

16 Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes that will Make You Think

“Rule No. 1 is you can’t be fake. If you’re fake, you become a gimmick and you’re selling a gimmick; a little gimmick is cool, this is entertainment. But when you base your stuff on mostly real stuff, you never run out of it because every day is a different adventure.”
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS)