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"I wanted to go in a different direction, artistically. But having somebody like Terry[Crews] in it was your ace in the hole. That makes it very strong, so I definitely had to jump in with both feet."
"When you're spending your money for a nice outing, you want to go have a good time. And I always thought comedies, laughing, was something that was made for entertainment on that level. And records and maybe TV and stuff like that is really made to be heavy."
"We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what we need is [a bit more] street politics, bringing up issues, agitating you a little bit. And nothing can agitate you more now than a terrorist threat."
"The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind."
"My wife keeps me sharp. You know, she ain't going to let me get comfortable with this "Ice Cube" stuff."
"I love performing. I'll never get that out of me."
"We have to step up as adults and try to guide our youth."
"I don't know what's my first real memory. When you're little, you're always looking forward to days that are special, like Christmas, birthdays, the Fourth of July, and family gatherings. But I can't pinpoint my earliest memory."
"I like to tell the streets what the political climate is, and I like to tell any politicians that's listening what the streets think. And sometimes people get nicked up and bruised up, but I usually have a lot of good medicine for that."
"You can go raise the money outside of the industry, and then what you're doing is fighting with your money to get back into the industry, or for them to use your money instead of their own. So, you got to figure out how to do it within the flow of the industry."
"You always want your kids to step up at the moment of truth."
"To be the cream of the crop is no easy feat. It's a big deal."
"I love Godzilla, but my favorite was on this TV Show, Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot. I used to love the idea of having a giant robot under my control. That was like a dream come true for a kid."
"You really have to challenge yourself to come out of those parameters that they put you in, even if that's your job."
"Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack for decent shelter and clothes on my back?"
"We'll burn your store right down to a crisp."
"I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners."
"I think hip-hop has changed. When I first came out, hip-hop was more of a kind of way to learn about new places, new things. What are kids doing on the East coast, what are kids doing here. Then it left that and is like a party mode. I think it's going back to people wanting to get messages and wanting to learn things from the music."
"Some comedians you work with, they only turn on when the camera turn on, and they're like sad-faced clowns when the camera's off. And then, they come alive when the camera come on. And you be like, "Oh, damn. You're not a depressed ball of depression, but you are actually funny.""
"I would love to meet Bob Marley. I mean, he's passed, but that's somebody that I would've loved to meet."