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Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.
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When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.
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I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't do that. If you track my movement, you'll never see a picture of me with any girl that wasn't mine, or my own car. My jewelry, my clothes. What kind of gangsta rapper has a stylist? A stylist?!
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The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, Hello.
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I'm very much against the anonymity of bloggers and social media. I just hate it and I think it's really cowardly.
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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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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 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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Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.
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I've got a phone, answer machine, TV set, computer, hand grenade - everything you need to run a business in Los Angeles.
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When you hit the wall, it's how fast you come back.
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I like crime movies where the crime is so incredible that, attractive as it seems, you don't wanna do it because it's just too dangerous.
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Half the rhymes you write, you're saying that you're better than the other MC. That's how we keep the craft sharp.
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You know, the radio never wanted you to speak about anything, so the music is kinda influenced by the hands of the radio which wants to homogenize it and dilute it and sanitize it. And for the most part, nobody's takin' the time to seek out the cats that are still tryin' to talk, so they have a difficult time being heard.
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I'm pretty open book, I'm also the kind of person that will say, 'That's none of your business,' too.
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Truthfully, a weak rapper can hide behind a lot of production.
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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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