I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where its a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it. – Ice T
The music led to the acting. But movies arent something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen. – Ice T
Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And its what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen. – Ice T
I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what its about. – Ice T
I think theres a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but hes also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him. – John Shelton Reed