I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous. — Ice T Copy Share Image
If you really listen to my music my music is more like stories than party records. I never made party records. — Ice T Copy Share Image
My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets; I'm committing crimes. And… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's… — Ice T Copy Share Image
The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing music from the streets onto the radio… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I think all music - not just rap - has fallen into this very diluted, delusional state, where everyone's singing about money… — Ice T Copy Share Image
The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's… — Ice T Copy Share Image
When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I didn't start off with the responsibility because I didn't think anybody would care. But as you do meet these people influenced… — Ice T Copy Share Image
You've got the Wall Street situation, the sub-prime situation. You've got a black president. We've got wars. We've got unemployment. But the… — Ice T Copy Share Image
'New Jack City' was a perfect marriage of music and film. They used a lot of musicians: myself, Christopher Williams. People that… — Ice T Copy Share Image
It really really sunk into me when I went to Europe and they take rap so much more serious than we do… — Ice T Copy Share Image
“This next record is dedicated to some personal friends of mine, the LAPD. For every cop that has ever taken advantage of… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I think what's happenin' is that, with the overflow of music, it's been diluted. There was a time when people would go… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat… — Ice T Copy Share Image
You know, the radio never wanted you to speak about anything, so the music is kinda influenced by the hands of the… — Ice T Copy Share Image
You know, you'd hide behind a Public Enemy or Ice Cube, or Bruce Springsteen, or U2, because they spoke for you. But now everybody's… — Ice T Copy Share
I'm not going to allow anybody to hold a badge up over me or a cross or any other power symbol and say I'm… — Ice T Copy Share
When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta… — Ice T Copy Share
I've got a phone, answer machine, TV set, computer, hand grenade - everything you need to run a business in Los Angeles. — Ice T Copy Share
Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last… — Ice T Copy Share
Every once in a while, I hear somebody call me Tracy to try to let me know that they know me, you know, personally.… — Ice T Copy Share
“This next record is dedicated to some personal friends of mine, the LAPD. For every cop that has ever taken advantage of somebody, beat… — Ice T Copy Share
There's people out there with nuclear bombs and yet we've got all these politicians trying to make a political platform based on a record.… — Ice T Copy Share
Arnold Schwarzenegger blew away dozens of cops as the Terminator. But I don't hear anybody complaining about that. — Ice T Copy Share
I've never been a cop hater. You know, when I was breaking the law, the cops were the opponent. I just thought I could… — Ice T Copy Share
I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other. — Ice T Copy Share
I've been pulled out of my nice new car and laid out in the street by the police, interrogated and then have them get… — Ice T Copy Share
Being in the military just lets you know how helpless you are. You could train forever but you're still at the mercy of someone… — Ice T Copy Share
My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. — Ice T Copy Share
