“I think singing and acting go hand in hand. Take an R&B singer: one so...” — Ice T Quote

I think singing and acting go hand in hand. Take an R&B singer: one song says, 'I love you,' the next is, 'Baby, don't leave me', the next is, 'If you leave me I don't care.' You have to drop in and out of different perspectives.

Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's not, especially with the gangster stuff.

When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.

There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately, at the heart of it, they're people.

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.

That's what the world's about - different perspectives.

At a very young age, I was influenced enormously by Julio Cortazar or Carlos Fuentes. In that literature, there's always an exploration of different perspectives, points of view.