Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
ICE CUBEI do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people who stuck with me.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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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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You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things.And I guess for the good or for the bad, it don’t matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it’s all said and done.
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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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A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.
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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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I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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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 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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If you really look at my lyrics, nobody’s exempt. Nobody’s exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.
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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’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam… I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, ’cause it’s just me and God.
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I do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people who stuck with me.
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Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back of your head and then to make that idea into a movie and have people all over the world enjoy it.
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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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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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Our household is built on love and respect. And we don’t really let negative vibes stay too long. It’s worked out. I got a great family, great kids.
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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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You like a woman, she’s got kids, it’s a package. You can’t just go in one-sided.
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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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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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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that’s how I started my career.
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I’m not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I’m not into that. You do your job, and I’ll do mine.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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I’m always the “less is more” guy when it comes to a scene. So I’ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I’m still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.
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