Quotes by Ice Cube

“We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now its more buddy-buddy. That doesnt 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.”

“When you are cold, surrenderand die to the Heat of the Heart”

“Are We There Yet?”

“I like to deal with things I heard about, ... People are always getting their house broken into around the holidays. Thats when the crime rate goes up.”

“XXX: State of the Union.”

“It was just funny to me that some of our leaders would take that much time and energy to dismiss something that was loved by so many of our people,”

“We wanted to be true to what a barbershop is, so every headline we could grab between the first Barbershop and the second was in there,”

“ Turn Off The Radio”

“Snoop is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He aint going to accept nothing but a winner.”

“It will force people to challenge themselves and really examine where we stand in terms of race.”

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

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

I dont get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and Im doing it the right way. You cant do nothing but respect that.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records werent about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

Boyz-n-the-Hood was actually supposed to be written for Eazys group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only, called HBO. One of them looked like LL Cool J. Eazy wanted to write a song for them, a street song, like what we were doing on the mix tapes. So when I wrote it, it was too West Coast for them.

I used to love to draw. I didnt want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.

Sports without music, its nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.

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

Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. Its played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together theyre always using music. And it goes together, you know.

Theres never really been a real hood Christmas movie.