I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
ICE CUBEOur records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
More Ice Cube Quotes
-
-
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.
ICE CUBE -
I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
ICE CUBE -
I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
ICE CUBE -
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.
ICE CUBE -
The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.
ICE CUBE -
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.”
ICE CUBE -
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.
ICE CUBE -
If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.
ICE CUBE -
The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
ICE CUBE -
I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.
ICE CUBE -
There’s things people say in the barbershop they won’t even say in their own living room, because it’s just one of those zones where nobody’s going to judge you too much about your dumb opinion.
ICE CUBE -
To me, in a perfect world, you have the flavor and the magic of movies like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon and Bad Boys.
ICE CUBE -
Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
ICE CUBE -
I’m always happy. I’ve just got a mean face.
ICE CUBE -
I never was in the Nation of Islam… I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, ’cause it’s just me and God.
ICE CUBE






