Don't worry about being a star

[Kim Welch]

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

Update, November 2026
Great advice from Ice Cube. Focus on the work: show up prepared, be easy to work with, and keep improving. Opportunities follow people who do good work consistently.

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[DPmusic]

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

+1 for sure. I thing this is the way and it is works. Of course you need luck as well but first of all working hard.

 

[Kim Welch]

Good work and hard work and not necessarily the same thing.