Ice Cube Quotes - Page 11

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

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

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.

My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.

For my birthday, buy me a politician!

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

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.

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.

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

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

Brothers keep asking Ice Cube, 'Yo, when will you bust?' They surround me and make a big fuss

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

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

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

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.

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.'

Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

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

Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter. But to me, that's crazy.

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.

I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.

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.

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.

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.