Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
ICE CUBEThe hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That’s when you can go crazy if you don’t allow the creative juices to flow.
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You pay to have a good time, you don’t always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain’t always the place for that.
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I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who’s trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.
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If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.
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I been all around the world and I haven’t found a city that I’d rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
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I don’t cook gumbo, but I just know it’s a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.
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I’m not actually from Compton – I’m from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I’m there all the time.
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There’s things people say in the barbershop they won’t even say in their own living room, because it’s just one of those zones where nobody’s going to judge you too much about your dumb opinion.
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I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Sometimes you got to start somewhere. And it’s cool, as long as where you start is not where you plan on finishing.
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I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.
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My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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