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You know, I say in my lyrics, Every word I write will be analyzed by somebody white. It's just that I know that this sh*t is just not gonna fall on deaf ears.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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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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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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The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.
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You know, you'd hide behind a Public Enemy or Ice Cube, or Bruce Springsteen, or U2, because they spoke for you. But now everybody's bloggin'. I heard somebody say, Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation. Everyone's an authority so there's nobody in power, 'cause everyone thinks they're in power.
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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'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show.
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I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.
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A lot of times people would offer me movies and, because I'm a car freak, I'd look in a magazine and say, 'How much is this car? If you give me this car I'll show up and do the movie' I call 'em 'sports car flicks'.
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One of the things about powerful people is they have the ability to make it look easy.
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Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you.
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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you to take the role and make it real.
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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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There is no such thing as a normal family so don't trip off it, just deal with it.
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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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The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, Hello.
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I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.
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I'm a far cry from politically correct, because I don't really care what the political views are. I don't care what the people say. I'll say my opinion. That will always make you controversial.
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If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.
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Diet food is for lazy people.
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I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
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