Vanilla Ice (Robert Matthew Van Winkle) Quotes

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

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Money
  • Suicide
  • Tried

• 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

• 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

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

  

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  • You
  • Me
  • Smile

• 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

• 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.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • People
  • Life
  • Help

• 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

• 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.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Nature
  • Mom
  • Little Girls

• 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

• 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

• 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.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • People
  • Today
  • White

• 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

• 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 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 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

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

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Believe
  • Christian
  • Religion

• Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.

  

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  • Song
  • Negativity
  • Faster

• 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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  • Life
  • Family
  • Money

• I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things.

  

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  • Guy
  • Friend
  • Hand

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

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Music
  • Real
  • Gold

• 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