Latest Ice Cube Quotes from Interviews

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• 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. And that just gave me a chance to see how life could be. And it gave me a chance to interact with everybody, not just black people or Mexicans. It made me just a little more worldly.

  Ice Cube

  People, Black, Important

  Source: music.avclub.com

• You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things.And 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.

  Ice Cube

  Done

  Source: music.avclub.com

• Nowadays, you can be yourself. You don't have to put on façade. You can be who you are and still be just as successful as the ones who put on the fake façade. You know, it's like reality is just as important as fiction.

  Ice Cube

  Being Yourself, Successful, Reality

  Source: music.avclub.com

• My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.

  Ice Cube

  Advice, Doubt, Path

  Source: www.theskanner.com

• I would love a shot at a lead role, but it's not up to me right now. I just try to make the most out of every opportunity I'm given, and hope somebody will get on my side. Until that happens, I'm just a working actor.

  Ice Cube

  Opportunity, Trying, Roles

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• Embrace what makes up you. Some stereotypes are true - I love chicken, but that's a stereotype, I love f**king basketball, but that's a stereotype, too. But who cares? Embrace it. Be who you are, and don't be ashamed of what that is.

  Ice Cube

  Basketball, Kings, Be Who You Are

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• That's always been my approach, to expose what's going on and what's not being said. I could go the selfish route, and probably make a whole lot more money, but that's not what it's about, it's about speaking for people who can't speak for themselves.

  Ice Cube

  Selfish, People, Speak

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• I always said that what I do is street knowledge, you let the street know what the politicians of today are doing, and if the politicians are listening, let them know what the streets think.

  Ice Cube

  Thinking, Listening, Today

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

• I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.

  Ice Cube

  Wish, World, Firsts

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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

  Ice Cube

  Hours, Ifs

• You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It's always extra cool... always a treat.

  Ice Cube

  Tired, Tvs, Treats

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• Keep doin' what you're doin', fall in love with what you're creating, and everything else will fall into place.

  Ice Cube

  Falling In Love, Fall, Creating

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• I'm always kind of off to the next movie, and focused on making sure that the one I'm currently working on is as good as the one that's already on TV.

  Ice Cube

  Next, Tvs, Kind

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• It's always great when you're able to give fans what they expect and even a little more.

  Ice Cube

  Giving, Fans, Littles

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• Success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I'm seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters. What's important is whether or not people feel like they wasted their time or money when they pay for a movie or a CD.

  Ice Cube

  Cds, People, Personality

  Source: www.theskanner.com

• To be the cream of the crop is no easy feat. It's a big deal.

  Ice Cube

  Easy, Crops, Bigs

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

• Seeing my son getting roughed up by the police is not fun. It brings back memories of when I got roughed up by them. He grew up totally different than how I grew up, and to me, he shouldn't have to go through that.

  Ice Cube

  Fun, Memories, Son

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

• I feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.

  Ice Cube

  Book, Thinking, Feels

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

• You always want your kids to step up at the moment of truth.

  Ice Cube

  Kids, Want, Steps

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

• The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.

  Ice Cube

  Heart, Giving, Mind

  "Mic, then movie: Ice Cube plays Soundset while prepping N.W.A. biopic (and 'Barbershop 3')". Interview with Chris Riemenschneider, www.startribune.com. May 22, 2015.

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

  Ice Cube

  Country, Hip Hop, Together

  "Mic, then movie: Ice Cube plays Soundset while prepping N.W.A. biopic (and 'Barbershop 3')". Interview with Chris Riemenschneider, www.startribune.com. May 22, 2015.

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

  Ice Cube

  Artist, Hip Hop, Hips

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I love performing. I'll never get that out of me.

  Ice Cube

  Performing

  "Mic, then movie: Ice Cube plays Soundset while prepping N.W.A. biopic (and 'Barbershop 3')". Interview with Chris Riemenschneider, www.startribune.com. May 22, 2015.

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

  Ice Cube

  Doubt, Path, Talent

  "The “Barbershop: The Next Cut” Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.theskanner.com. April 12, 2016.

• I care about what I look like on the red carpet.

  Ice Cube

  Looks, Care, Red

  Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. April 13, 2016.