You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.

Topics: Ice T Quotes

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

I have to grow with my audience.

I have to grow with my audience.

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label...

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label...

I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do...

I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do...

Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though...

Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though...

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the...

I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the...

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me...

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me...

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

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

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

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

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

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

I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.

I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.

Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the...

Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the...

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an...

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an...

Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing...

Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing...

The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to...

The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to...

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.

I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.

Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.