Quotes by Ice Cube

About Ice Cube:

O'Shea Jackson is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and filmmaker. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the seminal gangster rap group N.W.A (Niggaz Wit Attitudes). After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music and films. Additionally, he has served as one of the producers of the Showtime television series Barbershop and the TBS series Are We There Yet?, both of which are based upon the films in which he portrayed the main character.
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I used to love to draw. I didn't 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 a...

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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. Wi...

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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.

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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.

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I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't ...

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I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

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

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Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my hea...

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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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South Central is just who I am. Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out.

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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.

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

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Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, t...

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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.

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'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's 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 ...

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

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The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.

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My worst ever car was a green Datsun B210, back when they called it 'Datsun' - now it's 'Nissan.' Very unsexy, unattractive. Girls hated the car. I was embarrassed to even be in it... but it was my transportation.

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

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameIce Cube
  • DescriptionAmerican hip hop artist, record producer and actor
  • AliasesO'Shea Jackson
  • BornJune 15, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Film Director; Musician; Film Producer