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Kid Rock
American
Musician
About the author
I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Living
Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Being
#Father
Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Right
#People
#Children
#Peace
#Money
#Help
#Talking
#Women
And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#World
#Feeling
#Music
A lot of people told me that I'm committing musical suicide with my sound.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#People
#Sound
#Suicide
You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Work
#Success
You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Work
#Will
#Country
#Rap
But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Father
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!
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Want
#Love
#Pretty
#America
#Girls
Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Kids
#Cause
#Hearing
#Devil
#Rap
That's what I love from metal, and that's what I love from hip-hop. That's what I love from any music that's hard, that's got an edge to it-The attitude in it.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Love
#Music
#Attitude
Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#People
#Thinking
#Hollywood
#Country
#Influence
#states
#United
#Majority
#Entertainment
My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#American
#Rap
My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Right
#Trying
#Politics
My past is a bit checkered.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Past
It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Now
#Order
#Priorities
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.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Right
#Kids
#Beer
I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Home
#Being
#Pretty
Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Want
#People
#Being
#Music
I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
I always believed it would happen and stuck to my guns.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If it's marketed right, you'll buy it. But... if it's real, you'll feel it.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Right
Going out hanging out with the troops, and you know it's kind of all summed up in the TV show, I don't what else I can say about it. It's a great thing to do, something I'm definitely proud of.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Troops
I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Name
#Mankind
I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Want
#Money
#Music
I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Care
I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#People
#Cause
#Devil
#Care
I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Money
#Car
#Class
#Mom
#Dad
#Middle class
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.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Want
#Change
#Music
I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Songs
I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Want
#Support
#Power
#Music
#Rap
I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.
Kid Rock,
American
Musician
#Time