Ice T Quotes

I don't want impersonators playing our music badly.

I don't know how the rap game is, because I'm a fan of reality, and the rap game's entertainment.

Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.

As a young artist, especially in rap and at that time that I came out, originality was big.

We got full artistic integrity and autonomy over what we were doing, and that was the main important thing that kept our band alive.

I always put my best into our live performances and most of all it is always important for us to keep true to what we do as BABYMETAL.

The music that I write, I have to actually own it and live by it, which is cool. It's no problem.

We're huge Drake fans, I mean, but who isn't?

I appreciate Drake's music, I appreciate Future's music, I appreciate Lil Durk's music. I appreciate Uzi, Meek Mill, I appreciate Migos.

I always say that I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm definitely a Drake fan.

'iRun' is just a fun turn-up song, me and Yachty.

There probably won't be an animated The Roots or Black Thought as there was, say, an animated Michael Jackson when 'The Jackson 5' cartoon show was on when we were kids.

Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything.

When I was little, my dad showed me N.E.R.D., their first album, and I thought it was amazing. I thought Pharrell was just killing everything. That was my first introduction to rap.

Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music. But jazz is like classical music. If people like you, they'll remember you and you'll last forever.

I always felt like I could combine good pop songs that are easy for people to like with a real person and a real mind and integrity.

The society that produced The Who, The Stones, Dylan, Paul McCartney and later on people, like myself, is over. The materialistic society that produces these kinds of bombastic performances that don't have any value or musical meaning, is very conspicuous, look at me, I'm rich, dig my brand. That's what missing, Bob Dylan made us feel worthy, I try to do the same thing. Respect for the audience with music that is meaningful and soulful. Go for what moves you and not necessarily what you think will be commercial.

As long as there's a demand for gangsta rap, it will be supplied.

There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span.

Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.

I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored.