Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.

You can't just sing the song and live another life, you know. It's really difficult now because that's not what it's about. It's pop and pop just says that we could be actors. We could sing about stuff and not believe in it. It could be absolutely fraudulent and it doesn't really matter.

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 better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you." It's very competitive.

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.

Half the rhymes you write, you're saying that you're better than the other MC. That's how we keep the craft sharp.

I have no hatred for cops. I have hatred for racists and brutal people, but not necessarily the cops. The cops are just doing what they're told to do.

When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!