Inspirational Ice Cube Quotes and Sayings

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• Name: O’Shea Jackson
• Born: June 15, 1969
• Occupations: Rapper, actor, producer, director, and writer (source)
• Net worth: $160 million (source)

Once you figure out what your own thing is it’s all about trying to develop shows, programs that can, I guess, enhance what you already have and what you can add to Hollywood.

Drink some coffee, put some gangsta rap on, and handle it.

I really appreciate family, I really can’t imagine life without them.

Success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I’m seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters. What’s important is whether or not people feel like they wasted their time or money when they pay for a movie or a CD.

My thing is: stay creative. And just because somebody starts to pay you, that doesn’t mean all your creativity goes to that, and you don’t save none for yourself to be able to do other, bigger and better things and still follow your dreams even if you start off inside of a box.

I can’t believe, today was a good day.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who’s trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.

My grandmother worked at one of those Bel-Air mansions, and we would go – not too often, but every now and then – to pick her up. Hollywood was probably 12 miles from my house, but it might as well have been a million miles away. The only time I saw that world was on TV. Until I started making records.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

You have to resist falling in love with the money they [producers] want to give you. You have to really resist that, and you have to just think about the work and whether it’s a movie that you would want to see.

I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.

I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it’s like climbing a mountain or building a building. It’s a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.

I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don’t head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.

I do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people that stuck with me.

I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

Nothing wrong with being from the hood, but I’d rather my kids be visitors than residents.

Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

Everybody that wants to be successful should always be careful of what you wish for. A lot of artists and entertainers want to put the genie back in the bottle and wish they could go back to being what they were.

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don’t know why. It’s ugly, everywhere.

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

You don’t wanna mess up what you’ve done. It’s like Jordan coming back: You’re scared to mess up the legacy.

Just wakin’ up in the morning gotta thank god.

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.

Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

The worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

You better check yourself before you wreck yourself.

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.

Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that’s kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.

Keep doin’ what you’re doin’, fall in love with what you’re creating, and everything else will fall into place.

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.

I am only 33, I’ve got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I’m looking forward to the future and I’m proud about the past.

The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.