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" Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls. "

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" The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny. "

" 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. "

" You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap. "

" I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week. "

" Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well. "

" I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace. "

" If somebody wants to kill people, they don't need a gun to do it. "

" I make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can. "

" 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. "

" I'm on the front line and I am a rapper. "

" If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie. "

" A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself. "

" Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was in the 12th grade, I got my girlfriend pregnant. I just got out of school, she was a 10th-grader. I'm a teen parent, and I'm at a point where I'm like, 'Man I've got to do something.' "

" I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived. "

" The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen. "

" I've never been competitive with anybody but myself. "

" No, I'll stay Ice-T. This is what got me here, I'm always going to stay true to that. If it weren't for hip-hop I wouldn't be doing all these other things. "

" 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. "

" Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I mean he does memorize it, he just doesn't write it down on paper. He doesn't freestyle onto the track, it's all thought out. "

" I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I'm at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can't. They can hit me in the face. I can't. "

" My name, my real name, is Tracy. I always thought I was like a boy named Sue. So I made my friends call me 'Tray.' "

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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. "

" Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value. "