Vanilla Ice

“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.”

“I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.”

“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.”

“I've never met anybody in this world like me.”

“I'm a Christian, but I don't believe in religion or anything like that.”

“I bring people on stage with me. It's a good time, and people love to join in on the party. Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.”

“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.”

“I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.”

“Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.”

“When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit!”

“I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.”

“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!”

“Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming.”

“Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.”

“I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself.”

“Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.”

“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.”