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.
ICE CUBEEarly in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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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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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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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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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 have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it’s like climbing a mountain or building a building. It’s a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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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 think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
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Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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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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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.
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Don’t talk about death, I’ve got too much life to live, To many orders to give.
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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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I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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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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