Quotes from Ice Cube

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

Any time there's racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything's supposed to be fair.

For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.

Quincy Jones' autobiography 'Q' is very good. Because he's a master at music, he's one of our greatest composers, and its good for him to have a book and tell the good ole days when he was with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles.

I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.

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

I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.

I think [director] Malcolm Lee is a real master at being able to make you laugh while bringing serious subject-matter, so the movie doesn't hinge on silliness, but on real life.

Anybody that really knew Tupac will tell you the same thing. That he was just a dude that was full of life, full of energy.

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

My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them.

My grandmother worked at one of those Bel-Air mansions, and we would go - not too often, but every now and then - to pick her up. Hollywood was probably 12 miles from my house, but it might as well have been a million miles away. The only time I saw that world was on TV. Until I started making records.

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

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

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.

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

To me, it's my job not to laugh, no matter what's said. By the time we shoot, I'm ready for all that's coming. I probably do most of my breaking in rehearsals, when I know that I can.

I hear about people getting shot all the time. But most of the guys you hear about getting shot pulled through.

Cool people still have a hard time showing what they got in Hollywood.

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

I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.

I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.