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 CUBEI think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don’t understand that.
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If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.
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The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.
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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 think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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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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I always want to read the script before I totally commit.
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You don’t wanna mess up what you’ve done. It’s like Jordan coming back: You’re scared to mess up the legacy.
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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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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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If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That’s all it is.
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I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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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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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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You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.
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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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The hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That’s when you can go crazy if you don’t allow the creative juices to flow.
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Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It’s not racism and “this-ism” and “that-ism”; it’s our thirst and hunger for money. And that’s where all the bodies are buried.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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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 love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things.And I guess for the good or for the bad, it don’t matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it’s all said and done.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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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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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain’t bad, just some of them.
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