Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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People trash talk me.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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I always wear my black watch on my left wrist so I know I'm on stage on time.
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When I finished the role of Christ, I felt as though I'd been let out on parole. A man who has served 18 months isn't eager to go back to prison.
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I love pasta. It's something in the water. The pasta and the bread in New York are so good.
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For me, it's about moderation and discipline, and that's something I picked up from my dad. I don't believe in rigorous workouts but believe in eating right, going to bed early, and getting a proper workout.
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I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
