My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
ICE CUBEI feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That’s all it is.
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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 love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that’s how I started my career.
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The best thing I’ve done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.
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To me, in a perfect world, you have the flavor and the magic of movies like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon and Bad Boys.
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There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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You pay to have a good time, you don’t always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain’t always the place for that.
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I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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