I could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I’m an old-school dude, and I’m vibin’ with stuff like that to clear my mind. I like listening to that old-school music.
ACE HOODI still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.
More Ace Hood Quotes
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My favorite movie, one of ’em is [Notorious]. I love Scarface as well. I’ve got a lot of mob movies.
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I just wanted to let people know that, in any aspect in which you’re getting’ money, you’ve gotta go overtime in order to provide for your loved ones or those who are around you. So that was my state of mind.
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I wanted people to feel me as a person. I do this music for the people, man, so at the end of the day I feel like, [given] our state of mind and the state our economy is in
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I felt like we needed motivation for the type of situation we’re in nowadays.
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The budgets are runnin’ low, the streets ain’t really got money no more, things are just dryin’ up; I just felt like people needed some motivation, so I took ’em ‘Overtime.’
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We’ve got a lot of people that support, but The Runners are definitely one of my favorites.
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I had this one rock band I used to listen to, but I forgot the name of them.
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What I love about doing my concerts is always feeding off the fans and their energy.
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I take pride in my music, I feel like it actually does something for people personally, in their personal lives, so it’s real music and it helps people get through things like I was able to get through things.
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That Scarface movie is just ruthless! His state of mind was like, “Yo, we’re gonna get it – we’re gonna get this money, we’re gonna get this, get that.”
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I want certain things out of life. I want my grand kids, my kids’ kids, being able to inherit what I’ve worked so hard to build.
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Due to success I started losing friends.
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In order to perfect your craft, you’ve gotta go hard, you’ve gotta go overtime.
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I define “grindin'” as just nonstop work! Nonstop work, nonstop progress. Can’t sleep during that grind – I mean, you get a little bit of it, but if you’re progressin’ at every hour, every second, you are grindin’.
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Through my life, [there have been] a lot of devils and a lot of situations, so I’m just goin’ hard, maintaining, regardless of what people got to say about Ace Hood.
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