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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
Ice T
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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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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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When you hit the wall, it's how fast you come back.
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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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My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets I'm committing crimes. And the music came along, and this music just took me on a different road.
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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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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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I'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show.
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