Ice T Quotes

If somebody wants to kill people, they don't need a gun to do it.
Ice T

Gun, Somebody, Wants

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
Ice T

Last, Against, Tyranny

I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.
Ice T

Music, Writing, Put

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.
Ice T

It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try to be part of it. Whether you thought you were an artist, whether you thought you could be a DJ, whether you thought you could breakdance, or whether you thought you could rap. It was the kind of culture that had a lot of open doors.
Ice T

Thought, Made, Try

AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.
Ice T

Happen, Serious, Won

Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
Ice T

Life, Change, Try

A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
Ice T

Great, Words, Kids

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.
Ice T

Real, Why, Actor

I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
Ice T

Done, After, Negative

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
Ice T

Men, Through, Growing

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.
Ice T

Real, Connected, Streets

I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.
Ice T

Parents, Black, Born

If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
Ice T

Movie, Sell, Sells

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.
Ice T

Good, Yourself, Different

An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
Ice T

Rock, Control, Somebody

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.
Ice T

Same, Show, Group

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it.
Ice T

Long, Around, Write

Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.
Ice T

Long, Everything, Run

Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
Ice T

Future, Put, Stories

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.
Ice T

East, Beef, Coast

I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived.
Ice T

Lived, Records, Possibly

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
Ice T

Art, Difficult, Off

I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace.
Ice T

Put, Another, Rap

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.
Ice T

Hatred, Cops, Brutal

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Nationality: American

Born: February 16, 1958

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