There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.
ICE CUBEYou never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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Keep doin’ what you’re doin’, fall in love with what you’re creating, and everything else will fall into place.
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I know my flavor’s going to work because I just know there’s not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what’s that about you.
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Don’t talk about death, I’ve got too much life to live, To many orders to give.
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You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”
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You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps.
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To me, in a perfect world, you have the flavor and the magic of movies like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon and Bad Boys.
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A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.
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Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.
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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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My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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I always want to read the script before I totally commit.
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I do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people who stuck with me.
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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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I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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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’m not actually from Compton – I’m from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I’m there all the time.
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A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it’s only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.
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I don’t cook gumbo, but I just know it’s a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.
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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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I’m not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I’m not into that. You do your job, and I’ll do mine.
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I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.
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I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
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