Quotes By Ice Cube

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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