There’s a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don’t have that chance to show it.
ICE CUBEYou never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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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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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’m always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who’s just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.
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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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You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.
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I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.
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Any time there’s racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything’s supposed to be fair.
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Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
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I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
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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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Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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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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The 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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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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