I won't do anything for money. I won't compromise my manhood.

You can do anything in the world if you say "Hey man, don't blame me, the devil made me do it. It's an easy way to escape responsibility."

You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat.

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

They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And for rap, trying to get recognition, and be seen as a regular form of music like anything else. I mean, the Soul, R&B, Rock 'N Roll, they would dis the hell out of rap when it first came out.

To be the cream of the crop is no easy feat. It's a big deal.

I'm the most successful person in my generation of family members, and that sucks.