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Top 87 Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones Quotes (NAS)

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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.
My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends, dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes, rats and scavengers.
My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends, dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes, rats and scavengers.
No temporary chaos is worth your sanity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mistakes make masterful teachers.
Mistakes make masterful teachers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My weapon of choice is my voice.
My weapon of choice is my voice.
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.
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)
Reading is everything, and although you already know some things, you need to read to get those things out of you.
Reading is everything, and although you already know some things, you need to read to get those things out of you.
Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me.
Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me.
People fear what they don’t understand, hate what they can’t conquer, guess it’s just the theory of man.
People fear what they don’t understand, hate what they can’t conquer, guess it’s just the theory of man.
Speak what I want, I don’t care what y’all feel. ‘Cause I’m my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss. Keep integrity at every cost.
Speak what I want, I don’t care what y’all feel. ‘Cause I’m my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss. Keep integrity at every cost.
Always observe, watch, and talk to older people.
Always observe, watch, and talk to older people.
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
Trust your own judgment, live with it and love it.
Trust your own judgment, live with it and love it.
Use your own intuition. You are tomorrow.
Use your own intuition. You are tomorrow.
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.
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.
I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.
I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
I’m sure we’re gonna meet some bumps in the road, but if it’s meant to be it will happen.
I’m sure we’re gonna meet some bumps in the road, but if it’s meant to be it will happen.

5 Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (NAS) Quotes on Love and Relationships

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happyLove is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
I fell in love with words and I think that made my mom smile. I think that was cool for her.
I fell in love with words and I think that made my mom smile. I think that was cool for her.
I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.
I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
A thug changes, and love changes, and best friends become strangers.
A thug changes, and love changes, and best friends become strangers.
It hurts to see anybody in pain, if you’ve got any kind of heart.
It hurts to see anybody in pain, if you’ve got any kind of heart.

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