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.
ICE CUBEYou 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.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.
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The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it’s already there. You can see it with your own eyes.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.
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I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it’s like climbing a mountain or building a building. It’s a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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You like a woman, she’s got kids, it’s a package. You can’t just go in one-sided.
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You don’t wanna mess up what you’ve done. It’s like Jordan coming back: You’re scared to mess up the legacy.
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If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don’t understand that.
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When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps.
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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
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Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It’s not racism and “this-ism” and “that-ism”; it’s our thirst and hunger for money. And that’s where all the bodies are buried.
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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 you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.
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