If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
ICE CUBEI’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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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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Don’t get a movie confused with real life. I’m a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain’t bad, just some of them.
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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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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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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 always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.
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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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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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A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it’s only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.
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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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I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
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Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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