Ice Cube

“If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't understand that.”

“Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protest.”

“Humor is the universal language.”

“What's the point of having your own beats if you don't have your own rhymes?”

“Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being.”

“There's a lot of things that I want to do, and I don't have time to be in a gang.”

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

“Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.”

“I always want to make a movie that has a social commentary.”

“I'm not a politician. I'm a self-proclaimed neighborhood watchman.”

“The best thing is to get this education in case you don't make it, so you can do something else.”

“I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm not here to please everybody.”

“I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.”

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

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