Ice Quotes

“That's one of the first things that comes out of young people's mouths when they're in love. FOREVER. And that's cool, it's all good-until you get old enough to realize what forever is.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“Never mumble some sarcastic shit to somebody who can obviously fuck you up.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“I don't rhyme about guns I ain't shot
Hoes I ain't caught
Or shit I ain't bought.”
― Ice T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“Frankly, I don't feel the fire anymore from the youth. I miss my era when motherfuckers were fighting for shit, spitting fire in their lyrics.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. If we feel like you're trying too hard, if you're trying to act like you're from the street, you're in trouble.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“Once I get something going well, I'll risk fucking it up just for the action.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood

“That became the signature Ice-T style - rhymes that were "topical" and "vividly optical." To me it was street-level journalism, real-life observations told in poetry. That's the vision I tried to bring to all my recordings.”
― Ice-T, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood