Kid Rock Quotes

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.

- Kid Rock

Some, About, Astronomical, Baseball

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.

- Kid Rock

Hands, Albums, Turned, Convenient

I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.

- Kid Rock

Show, Cut, Surely, Cuts

I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids.

- Kid Rock

Musicians, Small, Lee, Dads

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

- Kid Rock

Goes, Them, Baghdad, Showers

I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.

- Kid Rock

Songs, About, Johnny Cash, Johnny

I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the same stuff every night. That's why you see a country act wanting to go out and play an old classic rock song. But what cracks me up is that they all want to be Jimmy Buffett. I can't figure that out.

- Kid Rock

Play, Country, Wanting, Classic Rock

Chris Rock is a good friend of mine, and he is hysterical.

- Kid Rock

Rock, Mine, Chris, Good Friend

You know, I guess there's enough information out there to support that I'm a crazy, wild dude and rock and roll and this, that and the other. And there's enough information to support that, you know, I'm a single father, that, you know, has been a pretty standup guy in his community and pretty private about that stuff. But it's on both sides.

- Kid Rock

Other, Been, Private, Dude

I guess there's enough information out there to support that I'm a crazy, wild dude and rock and roll and this, that and the other. And there's enough information to support that, you know, I'm a single father, that, you know, has been a pretty standup guy in his community and pretty private about that stuff.

- Kid Rock

Other, Been, Private, Dude

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

Kid, Independent, Basement, Signal

I bought a book of Mark Twain quotes. That's about my speed. I'll read a couple quotes and put it down.

- Kid Rock

Couple, Read, Bought, Twain

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

Lunch, Had, Dad, Trailer Park

I hate my own attorneys!

- Kid Rock

Hate, Own, My Own, Attorneys

Bringing people together is one of my favorite things... I believed that's what a rock 'n' roll Jesus would really do - bring people together through music.

- Kid Rock

Through, Bring, Roll, Favorite Things

If you had told me when I was starting out that I would be coming down to Nashville, kind of weaving in and out of the country scene, I never would've thought that in a million years.

- Kid Rock

Thought, Country, Nashville, Weaving

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.

- Kid Rock

Going, Formats, Gonna, Who Am I

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

Country, Always, Rap, Mix

I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.

- Kid Rock

Never, Books, Read, Novels

I think anybody that's worked hard and has built something and has been successful can testify to how, you know, how wonderful that was, how wonderful it still is.

- Kid Rock

Think, Been, Still, Testify

Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that. But really, when you talk about the real money, you talk about touring. No question.

- Kid Rock

Song, Question, No Question, Real Money

I am an avid hunter and marksman, and I will not hesitate to shoot anyone who has myself or family in fear for our lives.

- Kid Rock

Myself, Will, Lives, Avid

There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of him.

- Kid Rock

Always, Been, Ever, Justin

There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of him. You know, you can trace it back from how old you are and the boy bands that came along then and the teen sensations and whatnot. And, you know, good for them. There's a few of them that make it out and a few of them that don't.

- Kid Rock

Back, Been, Whatnot, Justin

Tell me if this is wrong. Justin Bieber... is 100 percent like watching Vanilla Ice all over again. It's exactly the same. Well, as soon as Bieber has a hit, he'll be like Vanilla Ice.

- Kid Rock

Tell, Ice, Exactly The Same, Justin

Knowing so many people like myself who are singers and in traveling bands, the people you're in a relationship with feel slighted because they feel you're giving all your energy to your fans, and there's a lot of truth to that.

- Kid Rock

Feel, Your, Bands, Slighted

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.

- Kid Rock

Go, Where, Tolerated, Celebrated

Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.

- Kid Rock

Seem, Mentality, Europeans, Groupie

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

Love, Complaining, TV, Backstage

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

- Kid Rock

Politics, Shut, Entertainers, Limelight

I'm a bit of an insomniac. I'm always thinking. I've got a lot of ideas for lyrics and shows. I have a notepad by the side of the bed and voice recorders around the house.

- Kid Rock

Voice, Bed, Always, Lyrics

I've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take.

- Kid Rock

Own, My Own, Studio, Sit

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

Die, Doing, Some, Sit

And now that Martina McBride knows of T.I., and T.I. knows of Martina McBride, that made me very happy, too. It's introducing worlds to different people and bringing them together with a song.

- Kid Rock

Song, Different People, Very, Martina

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.

- Kid Rock

West Coast, 1930s, Bikes, Collect

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

Change, Want, Which, Hip-Hop

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

Love, Metal, Any, Hip-Hop

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

- Kid Rock

Love, New, Still, Hip-Hop

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

- Kid Rock

Learning, Best, Souls, Surround

I'm not only a fan of Apple products, I have stock in the company. I think Steve Jobs has started one of the greatest corporations in the world.

- Kid Rock

Think, I Think, Jobs, Corporations

Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo.

- Kid Rock

Rock, Bad, Rock N Roll, Detroit

Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.

- Kid Rock

Career, Michigan, Area, Detroit

I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen.

- Kid Rock

Proud, Happen, Very, Detroit

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

- Kid Rock

Work, Success, Work Hard, Presence

I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.

- Kid Rock

Lucky, Always, Looked, Good Friends

My good friends call me Bobby.

- Kid Rock

Me, Call, Bobby, Good Friends

I tend to vote Republican, but I don't like the hardcore views on either side, and I'm not in bed with anybody.

- Kid Rock

Bed, Like, Side, Vote

I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head.

- Kid Rock

Want, Head, Upside, Vote

I always believed it would happen and stuck to my guns.

- Kid Rock

Happen, Guns, Always, Stuck

I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it.

- Kid Rock

Musicians, Every Day, Line, Hard Life

I do not understand rehab. If it works for people, then God bless them.

- Kid Rock

Understand, Rehab, Works, God Bless

I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'

- Kid Rock

Like, Been, Session, Nice Guy

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.

- Kid Rock

Best, Know, Singer, Songwriter

I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.

- Kid Rock

Think, Mankind, I Think, Crack

The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.

- Kid Rock

Control, Director, Like, Superstar

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

Going, Rap, Steal, Hearing

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

- Kid Rock

Father's Day, See, Ever, Helps

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

Star, Always, Hang, As Far As

If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But... If its real... you'll feel it.

- Kid Rock

Looks, See, Sounds, Hear

Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.

- Kid Rock

Love, Next, Hours, If I Could

People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.

- Kid Rock

Trust, Michigan, Southern, Hardworking

I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.

- Kid Rock

Less, Part, Your, I Care

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

Never, Here, Always, Good Time

There's nothing better than seeing people you know being able to work and support their families. Knowing you have a little hand in it? Now, that really makes you feel good.

- Kid Rock

Work, Nothing, Makes, Hand

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

Show, TV, TV Show, Hanging

I still believe I have a lot of liberal thoughts, but I also believe when you work hard, you shouldn't be penalized and pay more because you work hard.

- Kid Rock

Thoughts, Work Hard, Still, Penalized

I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.

- Kid Rock

More, Imagine, Than, Pianos

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

Country, United States, Views

A common man, even like myself, I don't know how to pay my taxes.

- Kid Rock

Myself, Like, Pay, Common Man

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.

- Kid Rock

Saved, Nothing, Pets, Greedy

I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians.

- Kid Rock

Think, Celebrity, I Think, Hurt

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.

- Kid Rock

Kid, Year, Somewhere, Make No Mistake

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.

- Kid Rock

Rock, White, Rock N Roll, Easier

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

- Kid Rock

Never, Always, Songs, Combination

I'm all about change, and I know things are going to move forward in life, and that's just how it goes.

- Kid Rock

Forward, Going, Move, Move Forward

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

- Kid Rock

Rock, Straightforward, Rap, Blues

You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.

- Kid Rock

Need, Some, Going, Gas

There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.

- Kid Rock

Lucky, Born, Many, Examples

And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.

- Kid Rock

Music, World, Making, Unlike

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

- Kid Rock

Goal, Get, Quieter, Older

I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.

- Kid Rock

Think, Could, About, Care

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.

- Kid Rock

Insurance, Living, Going, Condo

I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn.

- Kid Rock

Think, Pretty, I Think, Horn

Two of my grandparents died in a car crash. Sucks, 'cause they would have lived to a hundred.

- Kid Rock

Sucks, Hundred, Would, Crash

I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.

- Kid Rock

Going, I Write, Which, Weekly

I take the invasion of my personal space very seriously.

- Kid Rock

Personal, Very, Take, Invasion

Getting married was a ball. Being married was... a nightmare.

- Kid Rock

Ball, Getting, Being, Nightmare

Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.

- Kid Rock

Happen, Some, Ever, Things Happen

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.

- Kid Rock

Father, Great, Why, Custody

When you're on TV in America, the girls love you. I'm not complaining.

- Kid Rock

Love, Complaining, TV, Love You

I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do. And at the end of the day, whether it works or not, I can say I tried my best.

- Kid Rock

Always, Made, Works, I Tried

I've never played the PR game.

- Kid Rock

Game, Never, Played

I've always had a love of country music.

- Kid Rock

Love, Country, Always, Country Music

A lot of people told me that I'm committing musical suicide with my sound.

- Kid Rock

Suicide, Lot, Musical, Committing

If people had good albums, they'd be buying albums. But people are buying singles because they only have good songs.

- Kid Rock

Songs, Albums, Singles, Buying

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

- Kid Rock

Now, Got, Mr, Priorities

I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy.

- Kid Rock

Politics, Guy, Like, Smart

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.

- Kid Rock

Pretty, Straight, Actually, Arrow

I still don't believe that all pieces of music are the same price. I just don't think that's America.

- Kid Rock

Believe, Think, Still, Pieces

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

- Kid Rock

Money, Big, More, I Am Happy

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

Other, Like, Rap, Rap Music

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.

- Kid Rock

Making, Come, TV, Inspire

The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.

- Kid Rock

Kind, Alive, Needs, Cultivated

People ask all the time, 'What would you be doing if you weren't Kid Rock?' It's simple: I'd be broke Kid Rock.

- Kid Rock

Simple, Doing, Kid, Broke

The Majestic Theater in 1990. That was one of my first real shows where I had 300 to 400 people there.

- Kid Rock

Real, Majestic, Had, Theater

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

- Kid Rock

Proud, Think, I Think, Lifetime

There's no way anyone in the world is having more fun than I am. I truly believe that.

- Kid Rock

Believe, More, Having, Truly

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do.

- Kid Rock

Play, Rock, Roll, Rock N Roll

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

Politics, Some, About, Venue

I don't steal things. I'm rich.

- Kid Rock

Steal, Things, Rich

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.

- Kid Rock

Love, Every Day, About, Changes

I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will.

- Kid Rock

Love, Prove, I Love, Pushed

You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser.

- Kid Rock

Big, Like, Still, Started

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables.

- Kid Rock

White, Little, Who, Kid

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

- Kid Rock

Happy, Star, Want, Entertain

All girls want to be sexy.

- Kid Rock

Want, Sexy

I just have never got into reading.

- Kid Rock

Never, Just, Got, Reading

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