Nobody I know got killed in South Central LA. Today was a good day.

There's not enough Ice Cubes out there. There's not enough Ice Cubes getting a chance to do their thing.

If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.

I've always gotten good grades, you know, with my teachers and my English teachers, 'cause I was able to - they'd say, "What did you do for the summer?" I'm able to explain it to them in a written form. And my teachers always patted me on the back for that, being able to take what's in my mind and put it on paper.

The biggest change in the government's behavior has been because of TV and its ability to show to the world what has happened in this community... that's the biggest change. But without TV... the separation between the government and the people would be much worse than it is.

There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.

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