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. Nelly Read Quote
My nickname used to be Moses – still is Moses – for a long time, and people just call me Mo for short. Nelly Read Quote
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. Nelly Read Quote
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. Nelly Read Quote
I try not to name too many labels – not because it’s not cool, but because it starts getting political. Nelly Read Quote
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. Nelly Read Quote
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. Nelly Read Quote
I won an MVP trophy with the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association. I didn’t even start. I was a sub on this team. This was, like, an All-Star game where we had athletes from different teams, different mixtures. We had, like, the only black team in the league, basically. We had four players go to the All-Star game. Nelly Read Quote
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. Nelly Read Quote
