Quotes By Ice Cube

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?'

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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