“Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My ...” — Nas Quote

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I don't read or write music in the traditional sense, so I have to figure it out on the fly while I'm in the studio.”

“When I'm in the studio, I stay in the studio, like, sometimes 20 hours out the day.”

“When you're making music, you don't look at what's going on in the studio next to you.”