Ice T quotes - page 2

I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums. (Ice T)
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?! View quote
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have no hatred for cops. I have hatred for racists and brutal people, but not necessarily the cops. The cops are just doing what they're told to do. View quote
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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. View quote
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Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well. View quote
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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. View quote
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When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit. View quote
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I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived. View quote
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen. (Ice T)
I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them. View quote
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Every once in a while, I hear somebody call me Tracy to try to let me know that they know me, you know, personally. But most of my real friends will call me Trey, or 'Ice' was basically short for Iceberg. So they would call me - some of my boys call me Berg. View quote
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I'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show. View quote
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Military is a great place for a jock. That's the first thing they test you, they test you physically. If you can run, if you can do the pushups, it's not as hard a transition. If you can't do that, you're going to have a problem because they're going to really work it out of you or work it into you. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult. View quote
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AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious. View quote
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You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system. View quote
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I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record. (Ice T)
If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping. View quote
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I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper. View quote
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Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: February 16, 1958
Quotes count: 60