Ice T Real Quotations

When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.

What I'm trying to tell people is that police brutality in the 'hood is nothing new. And the thing is that whether this guy, the cop killer in my song, is real or not, believe it, there are people at that point.

It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.

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.

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.

A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.