Nelly Quotes & Sayings

#1. I guess coming after 'Country Grammar' and everybody thinking, 'Well maybe, that was it.' To come back with something like 'Nellyville' and to have people accept it and appreciate it the way they did, that was a great move.

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#2. A great body is a gift you give yourself

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#3. My nickname used to be Moses - still is Moses - for a long time, and people just call me Mo for short.

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#4. My whole staff love to laugh and count the money. On the couch, hands in our pants like Al Bundy.

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#5. I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political.

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#6. You think you had it bad when somebody put out a rumor on you in the school; think about somebody putting a rumor out about you on the Internet.

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#7. I love speed. I love racing cars, whether it's on the streets or wherever. Don't tell the St. Louis police, though.

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#8. So many people appreciate what you've done, the doors you've opened, but some people realise they're not going to be able to make as much money as they thought possible when you first started.

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#9. You always get that energy, you just want to be heard, to go out, do your thing and show people that we have just as much talent here as everywhere else.

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#10. Sometimes a relationship is what falls cause it's not fair that, that person has to fit inside your life or you have to fit inside that person's life.

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#11. I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

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#12. To get the Nickelodeon award? That's like 'it.' It's one of the best. It's definitely where you want to be in your career.

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#13. I don't believe in luck. I believe everything happens for a reason.

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#14. I smoke herb, but what's the harm it that?

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#15. Righteous willin, the only thing supreme swimmin'.

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#16. How many people out there really set a budget?

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#17. I'm liver than Jay, Davy, and Kathy and Regis, been on more MTV shows than Butthead and Beavis.

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#18. Some people actually said I fell off at Nellyville cause I didn't sell as many as Country Grammar. I'm like are you kidding me? Sweat and Suit? I broke history, I was the first rapper to have 1st and 2nd album at the same time ever on billboard.

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#19. You never know until a song comes out and becomes what it becomes, obviously you can't predict how the masses will react.

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#20. I can get inspired just off the energy of Soulja Boy, just his energy, you have to take something from an artist. Everyone may not look at an artist the same way, but it's something that artist is doing that's creating his success.

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#21. I probably only cried five or six times in my life and I think four of those times was from my daddy kicking my butt.

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#22. Off in the coupe, spreadin' the loot with my family and friends, and my closest of kin.

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#23. I'm a workaholic because I don't want to not work. When you come from basically nothing and you have so much good things happening for you sometimes you have to sacrifice.

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#24. Believe it or not, I swear I'm just a human being.

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#25. Your own destiny, create your own recipe.

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#26. I'm a sucker for corn rows and manicured toes.

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#27. If we were born knowing everything, what would we do with all this time on this earth?

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#28. Two is not a winner, and three nobody remembers. What does it take to be number one?

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#29. I stand for the Midwest. That's why the album's titled 'M.O.,' 'cause I'm still holding it down like that. My friends and family all call me Mo, so it's kind of like really representing where I'm from and me at the same time.

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#30. Rappers make what's in, in. If we want to bring back something like Jordache, we just say it and the girls start wearing it. We have a lot of pull.

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#31. Smoke that herb and clear your mind.

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#32. Gotta get myself a million, gonna turn that into a billion.

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#33. Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs.

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#34. Your hater is your future fan in a way. Cause when it's different they don't really take to it at first, but after you look back on it you get a chance to reflect on it.

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#35. Sometimes as an artist when things come easy to you, you look for other avenues that are more challenging to you and you try to walk those lanes.

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#36. I was slinging whatever I could get my hands on. Whether it was chronic, whether it was crack.

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#37. Strength of 100 men? I'd probably just get mad and hurt somebody and end up in jail. I think invisibility would probably be the best thing. I could be like, 'You know what, let me just see what these folks are talking about over here.' Then you could sneak into Rams cheerleaders' locker room.

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#38. Wouldn't have no knowledge of wealth, without no knowledge of self.

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#39. Don't stop ever loving me, you can always smoke with me.

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#40. I can see the greed and envy in your eyes.

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#41. I'm not a big crier.

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#42. I think he's going down, ... It's gonna be the 'Revenge for O.J. '

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#43. If you're fortunate to get a first album that sells 10 million you have nowhere to go but down. I'm just going to be honest and your measuring stick is so high that haters are licking their chops because you can't do nothing but fail.

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#44. As you become a legend in the game, you build more doubters than you build supporters. And that's fine. I think that comes with anything that's challenging. I think it even comes with sports. The older that Michael Jordan got, I think the more doubted he became.

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#45. The fashion world has been great. We started Apple Bottoms about seven years ago; it's interesting to be able to create something from your perspective, for your fans and support. It's a little different for me, because about 70% of my fans are females.

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