“I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? ...” — Nas Quote

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.

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.

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.

I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.

Put it this way: If I asked, 'How's business?' and you say, 'Boomin' or 'Amazing,' I already know the answer.

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

The sooner you accept the fact that you will have both successes and failures, the easier it will be to get your business and personal life headed in the right direction.

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.