Vanilla Ice (Robert Matthew Van Winkle) Quotes

I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.

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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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  • Party
  • Day
  • Years

• It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.

  

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  • Money
  • Suicide
  • Tried

• 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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  • Nature
  • Mom
  • Little Girls

• Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.

  

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  • You
  • Me
  • Smile

• One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life.

  

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  • Life
  • Family
  • Friends

• I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.

  

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  • Baby
  • Born
  • Texas

• 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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  • People
  • Life
  • Happy

• 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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  • High
  • Earth
  • Confidence

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

  

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  • People
  • Me
  • Rap

• To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.

  

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  • People
  • Today
  • White

• 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.

  

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  • Up
  • Generation
  • Listen

• 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.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Know
  • Young
  • Fame

• I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It's very intense stuff.

  

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  • Like
  • Stuff
  • Intense

• I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery,' meaning that you can't go back and change anything in the past.

  

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  • History
  • Past
  • Change

• Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.

  

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  • Song
  • Negativity
  • Faster

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

  

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  • Believe
  • Christian
  • Religion

• 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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  • People
  • America
  • Know

• I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Music
  • Real
  • Gold

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

  

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  • Bad
  • Way
  • Property

• 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.

  

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  • Experience
  • House
  • Man

• 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.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Life
  • Family
  • Money

• 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.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Time
  • Hope
  • Years

• I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be.

  

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  • Live
  • History
  • Goals

• 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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  • Real
  • Age
  • Want