377 Quotes by Ice Cube

I think you have to find how the machine can work for you. That's what I mean by "attaching yourself to the machine," 'cause the machine is going to be there, and you can rage against the machine, which is cool, but there's ways that you can benefit off the machine if you're savvy enough and you're sharp enough, smart enough. We all got to live and eat.

As a husband, I'm a true partner. I don't believe one person should have dominance over another.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

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. I thought, "Half of this is workin'. I'm famous, but now I need to be famous with some money." That got my brain started at trying to figure out the business end. And once I figured out the business side, I next came to understand that 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.

I've been around a lot longer than most rappers stay around. So I don't feel like, I haven't made too many career mistakes.

Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.

If the day did not require an AK then it was good

I'm interested in how things are put together, and that's more interesting to me than just regular shows, even though I like The Walking Dead.

You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.