Quotes from Vanilla Ice

I'm the kind of guy who really likes a challenge. It's more rewarding.

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.

A lot of people don't remember anything since 'Ice Ice Baby,' but I've got 3 records out since then and they're all successes - but not commercially.

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

Listen, if you don't talk big game, you never get anywhere. If you don't think big, you don't get big. Some people call it egotistical, some people call it high hopes, some people call it confidence. It's all in how you want to dissect it.

I got caught up on drugs for a few years, I'm off it, I'm very happy, got two kids and a family and everything. And like I said I'm making the underground music, and keeping it real.

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.

I don't have any reason to hate anybody; I believe in good karma and spreading good energy.

Show me who your friends are and I'll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen.

I like Cleveland. I like the Cavaliers. Nothing wrong with Cleveland. I have lots of friends there.

I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.

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

Be yourself and enjoy yourself. Show me a smile and I'll show you one back. Karma: Believe in it. It's real. It comes back to you.

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

I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.

I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.

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

Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.

I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!

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.

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.

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

No way! Let me tell you, I'm no Elvis. Elvis had his time. I'm Vanilla Ice, and it's my turn now.

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