I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
ICE CUBEDoing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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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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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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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’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 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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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.
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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 think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
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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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Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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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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If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
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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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