Keep doin’ what you’re doin’, fall in love with what you’re creating, and everything else will fall into place.
ICE CUBEI 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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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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I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
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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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Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”
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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 know my flavor’s going to work because I just know there’s not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what’s that about you.
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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 was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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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.
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A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.
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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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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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