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Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing music from the streets onto the radio and into modern culture, I worked very hard and always believed in the sounds I was creating.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.
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It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.
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Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.
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I think all music - not just rap - has fallen into this very diluted, delusional state, where everyone's singing about money and having cars, and having all this fun when really, people are losing their homes.
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I didn't start off with the responsibility because I didn't think anybody would care. But as you do meet these people influenced by your music, then you start to understand you have a responsibility. I don't think you initially know it until you feel the power of what you're really doing.
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When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!
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I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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There is no such thing as a normal family so don't trip off it, just deal with it.
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It really really sunk into me when I went to Europe and they take rap so much more serious than we do here. That was the first time I ever heard rap considered folk music. And sometimes somebody will make you understand like, Hey, what you doin' is serious, don't play it lightly 'cause it's changin' my life.
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I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.
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With acting, you have to take it seriously because the other actors are putting in a lot of effort - and if you say, 'I'm just bullshitting here', it's like dissing 'em.
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If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.
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I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and people will still respect me and say 'Yo, Ice-T was wild', into my old age. And why not? I don't necessarily think I'll be rapping in 10 years.
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You can't just sing the song and live another life.
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If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.
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If one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live different ways. It's a big world.
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When you hit the wall, it's how fast you come back.
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...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.
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I didn't really realize how big I was 'til I started to tour, because being in your own neighborhood, people don't actually give you full props.
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