I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
ICE CUBEYou pay to have a good time, you don’t always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain’t always the place for that.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
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There’s a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don’t have that chance to show it.
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Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back of your head and then to make that idea into a movie and have people all over the world enjoy it.
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A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.
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I feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.
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Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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Sometimes you got to start somewhere. And it’s cool, as long as where you start is not where you plan on finishing.
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I’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.
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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.
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If you really look at my lyrics, nobody’s exempt. Nobody’s exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.
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If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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The best thing I’ve done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.
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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.
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I’m always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who’s just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.
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