Vanilla Ice
A lot of people don't remember anything since 'Ice Ice Baby,' but I've got 3 records out since then and they're all successes - but not commercially.
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.
If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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.
I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
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.
For three years, between 16 and 19, I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot - legends - and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me.
Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
Anything less than the best is a felony.Collection: Felony
Stop, collaborate and listen.Collection: Hip Hop
Drop that zero and get with the hero!Collection: Zero
Act smarter than you are and always know where your exit is in case you get into too much trouble.Collection: Too Much
To the extreme I rock a mike like a vandal.Collection: Rocks
We are who we are because of who we wereCollection: Who We Are
Be yourself and enjoy yourself. Show me a smile and I'll show you one back. Karma: Believe in it. It's real. It comes back to you.Collection: Karma
I don't know all the certain words to word it.Collection: Funny
No way! Let me tell you, I'm no Elvis. Elvis had his time. I'm Vanilla Ice, and it's my turn now.Collection: Ice
Show me who your friends are and I'll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen.Collection: Stay Positive
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.Collection: Family And Friends
I just kind of shoot the finger to the critics. I don't give sh - what a critic says. To me a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions.Collection: Ideas
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.Collection: Thinking
My sound has changed. It's still hiphop, but it's more of like a rock/hip-hop show. It's high energy, stage diving, pyrotechnics, girls showing their breasts. It's crazy party atmosphere.Collection: Girl
"Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" -- if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold." It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg." "Vanilla Ice -- that's cold."Collection: Rap
i'm okay.. is that what you really want me to say?Collection: Rapper
I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. Ice Ice Baby is about that area.Collection: Baby
Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country - it's all an opinion. F the critics.Collection: Country
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.Collection: Girl
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.Collection: Hard Times
All my friends were black and Mexican. I was the only white kid in our group and had to work hard to be accepted. Year after year, we'd breakdance and we all became close and they labeled me "Vanilla" - like "Hey, Vanilla" and they knew I hated it, so of course they kept calling me it.Collection: Kids
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.Collection: Rap
For three years between 16 and 19 I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot--legends--and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me.Collection: Years
As for music and my place in it, maybe things are changing a little bit. I know this: a good song is deeper than a tattoo. It'll remind you of the car you're driving and the girl you're going around with and the streets you're cruising. It's better than a photo album. A song is a tattoo that you never lose. 'Ice, Ice Baby,' man, you'll remember that when you're 90.Collection: Tattoo
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.Collection: Change
It doesn't sound anything like 'Under Pressure.'Collection: Rapper