Ice Cube Quotes

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

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

You know it ain't no stoppin' All the doggs I'm droppin' It's Friday night, so everything is poppin.

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

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.

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

Any time there's racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything's supposed to be fair.

If you really look at my lyrics, nobody's exempt. Nobody's exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.

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.'

Twerking has to end. Not for the ones that look good doing it, but for all the ones that you feel, 'You don't have enough to twerk back there. Your twerkin' look like jerkin.'

I'm always happy. I've just got a mean face.

I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.

When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That's the image television pumps.

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.

People associate clothes with actual behavior, and it's kind of crazy. If you get shot in some Levi's you don't go after Levi's. It's not the clothes. It's always the people.

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

I'm a menace to society, But girls in biker shorts are so fly to me. After the date, I'mma want to do the wild thing... You're talkin' lobster? I'm thinkin' Burger King.

I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.

You got to get used to somebody, when you're acting or going through a scene, somebody yelling, "Do it a little louder!" OK, you do it a little louder.

Usually people who attack the rap are people who aren't even fans.

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

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.

If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.

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.

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.

Our household is built on love and respect. And we don't really let negative vibes stay too long. It's worked out. I got a great family, great kids.

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

When my nine goes buck, it will bust your head like a watermelon dropping 12 stories up.

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.

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

You want the industry to finally admit that you're good. But I'm still good without their admission.

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.

The creative process of making a movie really turned me on. I'd started getting behind the scenes with a camcorder and VHS tape when making music videos.

There's not enough Ice Cubes out there. There's not enough Ice Cubes getting a chance to do their thing.

"Are We There Yet?" was the perfect title, because it's such a common saying. And having made the movie with the same name kinda locks it all in.

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.

You ask me, "Did I like Arsenio?" About as much as the Bicentennial.

I usually don't mind movies that people think go overboard because that's what art is all about. Art is about pushing us and making us examine ourselves.

Rapping is talking and communicating, and that's always good.

I always say the movie came out good if they want another one. That always tells me that people really liked the movie.

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.

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.

South Central is just who I am.

I've been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers - not prove them wrong, because I don't think you should get your energy from negative people.

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.

Go down to the corner store and beat the Jap up, clean all the crap up.

Once you figure out what your own thing is it's all about trying to develop shows, programs that can, I guess, enhance what you already have and what you can add to Hollywood.

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

I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.

I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.