Vanilla Ice Quotes
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I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change.
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I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?
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I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.
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Act smarter than you are and always know where your exit is in case you get into too much trouble.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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The most valuable lesson I've ever learned in my life is that life is about family and friends, not about material things or any of that. It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.
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My main thing is music; it's what I do.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy too.
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And all the zig-zags and lines in my hair? I used to do that myself. I just thought it was cool that you could actually do that with your hair.
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I got caught up on drugs for a few years, I'm off it, I'm very happy, got two kids and a family and everything. And like I said I'm making the underground music, and keeping it real.
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To the extreme I rock a mike like a vandal.
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I'm to trying to say I'm something I'm not. Black people understand that. I'm just doing my raps, my way. Rap is black. I recognize that and respect that. I'm just a white guy trying to rap, and I got lucky.
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I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.
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Stop, collaborate and listen.
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I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can't quit. I'm addicted. I've broken many bones, but I ride with confidence. It's my thing - there's no high on earth like it. It's my hobby and I really enjoy it.
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More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.
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Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
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You can't please everybody, and basically I just decided to please myself first on this record. This record is more like my diary and I am expressing myself through my music. And that's what it should be about. That's why I didn't change my name or anything. It's not about the name; it's about the music. The old saying goes that video killed the radio star and it's very true. And now I'm just letting everything revolve around the music. There is no image; I am just being myself.
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A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.
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Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.
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With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
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I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
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It doesn't sound anything like 'Under Pressure.'
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My mom raised me to be clean, so it's in my nature. I have two little girls and I'm married but we've got a nanny and a maid.
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Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country - it's all an opinion. F the critics.
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What makes critics dictate what is cool and what is not. What gives them the pass to say that their opinion on music or movies or anything is what should be cool and what shouldn't. I don't think it should be up to one person.
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Another car is not going to help me out, a nicer car, I've already got it. A bigger house ain't gonna do anything for me, and you know, a yacht, it's not going to do anything for me anymore. So how can I find happiness?
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This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just no way that you can be as intense as what I have been through in my life over a drum beat machine, sample, or loop; it's just not going to happen.
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No way! Let me tell you, I'm no Elvis. Elvis had his time. I'm Vanilla Ice, and it's my turn now.
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