Ice Cube Quotes

#1. 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.

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

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#3. It's always been jewelry, clothes, appearance. Those are things that compete with the car. But the car is the ultimate. Get that car right and it doesn't matter what you got on or what you wear once you step out of that car.

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

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#5. 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.

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#6. 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.

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#7. 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.

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#8. I was trying to be the best rapper in the world. I wasn't thinking about acting.

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#9. Don't want to hear my favorite rapper doin' a love song. If I want to hear something soft, I'll throw on Luther Vandross.

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#10. You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner.

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#11. 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.

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#12. 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.

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

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#14. You pay to have a good time, you don't always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain't always the place for that.

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#15. There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.

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

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#17. 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.

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#18. I know my flavor's going to work because I just know there's not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what's that about you.

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#19. 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.

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#20. You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things. I guess for the good or for the bad, it don't matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it's all said and done.

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#21. 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.

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

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#23. I know that there are obstacles; I know that there are hills to climb, I know there were people before me that made my journey easier and there are people behind me that I have made the journey easier for.

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#24. Went to the shelf and dusted off the AK, cops gotta get pealed.

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

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#26. If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been Paris.

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

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#28. I care about what I look like on the red carpet.

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#29. 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.

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#30. The best thing to do is to write about what you know, and if you write about what you know you can always pull those nice little tidbits that hook people, that shows that you know about this world and can bring people into a world that they may not know nothing about.

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#31. We have to step up as adults and try to guide our youth.

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#32. America eats its youth like reptiles ... Educat e yourself before they dumb you down.

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#33. You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat.

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#34. I like Obama, but I understand that his hands are tied, the way Congress is reacting. It's just partisan politics everywhere, and don't know how we going to get things done in the future without compromising a little bit.

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#35. South Central is just who I am.

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#36. We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what we need is [a bit more] street politics, bringing up issues, agitating you a little bit. And nothing can agitate you more now than a terrorist threat.

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

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#38. I'm always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who's just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.

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#39. The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it's already there. You can see it with your own eyes.

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#40. Money comes and goes, but your inner feelings, your gut feelings, your manhood, your womanhood, whatever, that stays with you. That don't go anywhere. So you either proud of who you are and how you handle situations or you not. If you handle a situation wrong, you, it will haunt you.

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#41. I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood.

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#42. 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.

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#43. Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.

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

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#45. Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.

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

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#47. I hear about people getting shot all the time. But most of the guys you hear about getting shot pulled through.

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#48. 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.

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#49. While I had done the movies through Revolution Studios, we own the sitcom. It was a situation where, once the team was assembled, I knew we could create something really, really good.

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#50. Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music.

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#51. 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.'

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#52. Hollywood is obsessed with police stories.

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

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#54. A good movie is a movie that you could see over and over again, not a movie that wins a Oscar, or a movie that makes a lot of money. It's a movie that you personally can watch over and over again. That, to me, is a measure of a good movie.

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#55. You don't have to be super clean to be a super star

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#56. 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.

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#57. 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.

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#58. My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

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#59. I like to tell the streets what the political climate is, and I like to tell any politicians that's listening what the streets think. And sometimes people get nicked up and bruised up, but I usually have a lot of good medicine for that.

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#60. 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.

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#61. 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.

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

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#63. 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.

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

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

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

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

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#68. You the devil in drag.
You can burn your cross,
Well, I'll burn your flag ...

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

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#70. Sometimes guys just want the girl and want to drop the kids off anywhere they can. Guys it's a package. You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided. It's pretty cool.

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#71. 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.

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#72. I think my fans respect me for bein' as truthful and honest as you can be and still be Rap music and not be opinion music. It's still Rap, its still style, flavor, flair, and people just kind of like how I present myself and the things that I do.

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#73. 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.

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#74. 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.'

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#75. You really have to challenge yourself to come out of those parameters that they put you in, even if that's your job.

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#76. I'm a good counter comedian. I can just work it off with looks, or have something crazy to say back. That works for me.

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#77. You can go raise the money outside of the industry, and then what you're doing is fighting with your money to get back into the industry, or for them to use your money instead of their own. So, you got to figure out how to do it within the flow of the industry.

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#78. I hope everything works in our favor. The show ["Are We There Yet?"] is cool. It's family fare. We ain't aiming at the cheap seats. Instead, we're making something with a broad appeal that people of any color or creed and from all walks of life can enjoy and maybe learn something from.

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

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#80. A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it's only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.

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

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#82. I love makin' music, so whether I'ma make money at it or not, I'ma still do it. The thing is, I've gotten to a point where I don't have to use music to make a livin', so I can do it for fun like I used to when I was young.

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#83. 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.

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#84. You can measure films on box office success, or people lovin' the movie whenever they see it. That's what I measure my movies on. How much people love these movies after they get a chance to see them, no matter how they get a chance to see them.

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#85. I'm not sure if music got a future. We have all these electronic ways to download and steal music and get music, but there's no money in makin' music.

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#86. Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack for decent shelter and clothes on my back?

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

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#88. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-ball.

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#89. I won't do anything for money. I won't compromise my manhood.

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#90. Cinderella hoein' for the fellas, Mr. Roger was getting kind of jealous.

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#91. For my birthday, buy me a politician!

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#92. I don't consider myself ever joining. But I have affiliations, for sure.

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

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

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#95. Everybody who comes from the gangster life - they want what that man in the suburbs wants. Nice family. Nice house. Nice cars. Bills paid. Kids in school. Food on the table. Nothing more.

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#96. I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.

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#97. 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?'

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#98. I would love to meet Bob Marley. I mean, he's passed, but that's somebody that I would've loved to meet.

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#99. I could do an interview or just as well not do one. It's not like I'm looking for extra publicity.

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#100. 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.

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