Ice Cube Quotes

I'm a B-boy at heart. I still like rhyming. It's just the radio game is like Chinese arithmetic. It's hard to know what nuts to crack. But I still love music, been dropping music. Never stopped, really.

- Ice Cube

Love, Rhyming, Still, Chinese

With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

- Ice Cube

Passionate, Show, Use, Different Thing

It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.

- Ice Cube

Old, Like, Rejuvenating, Hart

Quincy Jones' autobiography 'Q' is very good. Because he's a master at music, he's one of our greatest composers, and its good for him to have a book and tell the good ole days when he was with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles.

- Ice Cube

Book, Very, Composers, Duke

What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out.

- Ice Cube

Career, House, Family Life, Materials

I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.

- Ice Cube

Believe, Movie, Guy, How Many Times

I think I'm unique to the game 'cause of my versatility.

- Ice Cube

Game, Think, I Think, Versatility

I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.

- Ice Cube

Love, Young, Precision, Drafting

I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art.

- Ice Cube

Student, Part, Very, Drafting

When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.

- Ice Cube

Business, Hit, Side, Showbiz

Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit.

- Ice Cube

New, Always, Rap, Old School

I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.

- Ice Cube

Coffee, Mean, Give, Give Me

My grandmother worked at one of those Bel-Air mansions, and we would go - not too often, but every now and then - to pick her up. Hollywood was probably 12 miles from my house, but it might as well have been a million miles away. The only time I saw that world was on TV. Until I started making records.

- Ice Cube

Hollywood, Been, TV, Now And Then

Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

- Ice Cube

Next, Movie, Set, Mortals

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

- Ice Cube

Think, Better, I Think, Fake

Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.

- Ice Cube

Emotions, Always, Using, Arenas

I've been caught in parachute pants. And on my high school yearbook, they used the wrong picture. They were supposed to use the picture of me with a nice suit on. They used me with my collar flipped up, in a fuchsia and white striped shirt. I blame Prince and Michael Jackson in the Eighties for that.

- Ice Cube

Caught, Been, Flipped, Parachute

'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only, called HBO. One of them looked like LL Cool J. Eazy wanted to write a song for them, a street song, like what we were doing on the mix tapes. So when I wrote it, it was too West Coast for them.

- Ice Cube

Doing, Had, Tapes, HBO

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.

- Ice Cube

Great, Go, Like, Stuck

It's not like I'm the first man ever to do this, y'know? You gotta go back to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis Jr. Those are people who've done music well and movies well, and y'know, Frank Sinatra and Elvis and all these dudes have made the transition. I don't know about Elvis, 'bout doin' 'em good, y'know? It's nothin' new.

- Ice Cube

Good, About, Bing Crosby, None

I used to game a lot, you know, back in the day. My gaming time done got so short that my skills ain't where they need to be to be online, you know what I'm saying? I just got that Xbox One. I gotta get my skills back, up the par to call myself a gamer.

- Ice Cube

Game, Back, Used, Xbox

Our 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.

- Ice Cube

Sense Of Humor, Fantasy, Protests

You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.

- Ice Cube

Legacy, Back, Like, Jordan

I have a lot of milestones that I'm proud of when it comes to music, 'Amerikkka's Most Wanted,' I'm extremely proud of that. Just because of what I had to go through to get that music produced, that album produced.

- Ice Cube

Proud, Through, Album, Most Wanted

I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners.

- Ice Cube

Wife, Sometimes, Yogurt, Leftovers

My worst ever car was a green Datsun B210, back when they called it 'Datsun' - now it's 'Nissan.' Very unsexy, unattractive. Girls hated the car. I was embarrassed to even be in it... but it was my transportation.

- Ice Cube

Green, Embarrassed, Very, Unattractive

I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.

- Ice Cube

Love, Doing, Over, Right Way

My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them.

- Ice Cube

Old, Explain, Could, Recite

Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.

- Ice Cube

School, Play, White, Reminds

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.

- Ice Cube

Chance, Brilliant, Like, Unused

I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.

- Ice Cube

Some, Away, Hang, Right Away

Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.

- Ice Cube

Sometimes, More, Going, Neighborhood

I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.

- Ice Cube

Love, Cut, Tastes, Sodium

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.

- Ice Cube

Love, Great, Like, Climbing

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

- Ice Cube

Worry, Doing, Star, Doing Good

My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.

- Ice Cube

Son, Looks, Like, Rhyme

If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.

- Ice Cube

Voice, Records, Been, Rake

I never get tired of 'It Was A Good Day' references or jokes or anything like that. It's just, you know, keeping my biggest hit alive. Nothing wrong with that.

- Ice Cube

Alive, References, Like, Jokes

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

- Ice Cube

Waves, New, Against, Hip-Hop

Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

- Ice Cube

Living, Like, Going, Gangsta

But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.

- Ice Cube

Synergy, Rap, Having, Rep

Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my heart is and that's what I think about all the time.

- Ice Cube

I Think, Brothers, South, Sustain

When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.

- Ice Cube

Good, People, Checking, Something Good

I did 'Are We There Yet?' because I wanted to do a movie for my fans' kids. Black kids don't really see movies on this budget for them, starring them. And there's so many white kids that love that movie.

- Ice Cube

Love, Black, Movie, Budget

I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.

- Ice Cube

Love, Myself, Like, Pigeonhole

For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.

- Ice Cube

Interesting, Dancers, Given, Rappers

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.

- Ice Cube

Game, Like, Mine, As Far As

I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

- Ice Cube

City, Been, Angeles, Los Angeles

The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.

- Ice Cube

Always, Belong, Angeles, Los Angeles

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.

- Ice Cube

Still, Angeles, Lives, Los Angeles

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

- Ice Cube

Change, Career, About, Hear Music

I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.

- Ice Cube

Christmas, I Remember, Used, Wishing

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.

- Ice Cube

Think, Other, Rap, Scapegoat

Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.

- Ice Cube

Give, Away, Public, Cube

Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

- Ice Cube

Football, Nothing, Going, Coaches

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.

- Ice Cube

Reason, Tries, Hostile, No Reason

There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.

- Ice Cube

Pretty, Waits, South, Emerge

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

- Ice Cube

Reason, Young, Over, No Reason

I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.

- Ice Cube

Game, Die, Oscar, Julius

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

- Ice Cube

Think, Worst Thing, I Think, Situation

I've done movies for certain reasons; I did 'Anaconda' because the black man lives. Simple. The black man isn't dead in the first three pages, like Jurassic Park. It's like, 'The black man kills the snake with a Latino girl? Damn! I got to do this.'

- Ice Cube

Snake, Reasons, Man Lives, Park

Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter. But to me, that's crazy.

- Ice Cube

Bread, Doing, Some, Taboo

Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.

- Ice Cube

Human Being, Everyone Else, Real Life

My thing is, I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, 'Don't do it in earshot of any adults, or you're in trouble.'

- Ice Cube

Know, Tell, Any, Cuss

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

- Ice Cube

Learn, Think, I Think, Topic

Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.

- Ice Cube

Love, Hands, Sometimes, Picking

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

- Ice Cube

Thought, Movie, South, Hood

There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.

- Ice Cube

Never, Movie, Been, Hood

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

- Ice Cube

Doing, Own, Having, Successful

It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'

- Ice Cube

Fair, Been, Telling, Neck

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.

- Ice Cube

Think, Young, Stays, Happened

South Central is just who I am. Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out.

- Ice Cube

House, Brothers, South, Wanna

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. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.

- Ice Cube

Natural, Mosque, Muslim, Tradition

I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.

- Ice Cube

Play, Get, Everybody, Ready

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

Love, World, Career, Instant

You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.

- Ice Cube

Woman, She, Package, One-Sided

I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.

- Ice Cube

Bad, Some, Cops, Cop

Anything that got to do with a pig, I ain't eatin'.

- Ice Cube

Anything, Got, Pig

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

- Ice Cube

Truth, Hide, Ultimate, Truth Is

Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.

- Ice Cube

Getting, Chest, His, Rap

I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?

- Ice Cube

Actor, Whole, Type, Bunch

Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.

- Ice Cube

Music, Game, Emotion, Adds

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

Proud, Career, Half, Looking

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

- Ice Cube

Love, Deal, I Love, Frustration

South Central is just who I am.

- Ice Cube

I Am, South, Am, Central

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

Natural, Nation, Muslim, Islam

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.

- Ice Cube

Love, Like, Buy, Wake Up

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.

- Ice Cube

Business, Give, Audience, Entertainment

Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.

- Ice Cube

Music, Sports, Game, Entertaining

I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!

- Ice Cube

Family, Imagine, Them, Appreciate

I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

- Ice Cube

Love, Career, Started, Mistakes

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