Robert James Ritchi Quotes
-
I collect cars and bikes. One of my most special rides is a black 1930s Cadillac V16, and then I've got a few West Coast choppers.
-
It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.
-
Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie's up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women.
-
I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians.
-
You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.
-
I'm not a greedy man; there really is nothing I couldn't live without. But if there was a fire, and I saved my child and my pets, I'd be happy.
-
I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance.
-
I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.
-
The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.
-
As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.
-
Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.
-
I hate my own attorneys!
-
I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.
-
But honestly, it's pretty weird; there are girls who'd do absolutely everything just to get a backstage pass. I don't know what it is, but really, when you're on national TV in America the girls love you. They all want you! And I'm not complaining!
-
I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.
-
I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables.
-
When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio.
-
I've never played the PR game.
-
I take the invasion of my personal space very seriously.
-
Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.
-
Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.
-
I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.
-
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
-
As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids.