Quotes By Ice Cube

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?'

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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'.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.