The creative process of making a movie really turned me on. I'd started getting behind the scenes with a camcorder and VHS tape when making music videos. Ice Cube More Quotes by Ice Cube More Quotes From Ice Cube I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills. Ice Cube want class art There's things people say in the barbershop they won't even say in their own living room, because it's just one of those zones where nobody's going to judge you too much about your dumb opinion. Ice Cube dumb judging people Anything that got to do with a pig, I ain't eatin'. Ice Cube pigs I know that there are obstacles; I know that there are hills to climb, I know there were people before me that made my journey easier and there are people behind me that I have made the journey easier for. Ice Cube obstacles journey people The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that. Ice Cube hips hip-hop beach Everybody who comes from the gangster life - they want what that man in the suburbs wants. Nice family. Nice house. Nice cars. Bills paid. Kids in school. Food on the table. Nothing more. Ice Cube nice kids school South Central is just who I am. Ice Cube south who-i-am I think my fans respect me for bein' as truthful and honest as you can be and still be Rap music and not be opinion music. It's still Rap, its still style, flavor, flair, and people just kind of like how I present myself and the things that I do. Ice Cube rap people thinking We should love the fact that we're not just getting one point of view. That we have this diversity in entertainment, and people are not scared to be themselves, and people are not scared to make people uncomfortable, and that's all part of it. That's all part of being free. Ice Cube diversity views people Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive? Ice Cube unanswered-questions caps should A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush. Ice Cube rap bird hands I think you have to find how the machine can work for you. That's what I mean by "attaching yourself to the machine," 'cause the machine is going to be there, and you can rage against the machine, which is cool, but there's ways that you can benefit off the machine if you're savvy enough and you're sharp enough, smart enough. We all got to live and eat. Ice Cube smart mean thinking What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out. Ice Cube careers house wings I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration. Ice Cube music-love frustration way [Boycott Oscar] is like crying about not having enough icing on your cake. It's just ridiculous. Ice Cube icing oscars cake Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else. Ice Cube confused movie real Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have to figure that out and stop pointing out, "He shook hands with a Democrat in 1989. He ate with a Republican last week." It's petty high school, even junior high stuff going on. It's junior high politics going on, so it's a shame. Ice Cube hands world school The biggest change in the government's behavior has been because of TV and its ability to show to the world what has happened in this community... that's the biggest change. But without TV... the separation between the government and the people would be much worse than it is. Ice Cube community government people Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we're going through, not the cause of what we're going through. Ice Cube causes government mirrors I want to do more drama. Comedy is the path of least resistance for my company. People know we can do them. People know they get a good response. People want to make them. Who am I to push up against that? Ice Cube want drama people
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