Vanilla Ice Quotes - Page 3

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• I just kind of shoot the finger to the critics. I don't give sh - what a critic says. To me a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions.

  Vanilla Ice

  Ideas, Giving, Opinion

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• What makes critics dictate what is cool and what is not. What gives them the pass to say that their opinion on music or movies or anything is what should be cool and what shouldn't. I don't think it should be up to one person.

  Vanilla Ice

  Thinking, Giving, Opinion

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.

  Vanilla Ice

  Soccer, Mom, Baby

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• My sound has changed. It's still hiphop, but it's more of like a rock/hip-hop show. It's high energy, stage diving, pyrotechnics, girls showing their breasts. It's crazy party atmosphere.

  Vanilla Ice

  Girl, Crazy, Party

  "Catching Up With... Vanilla Ice". Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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• "Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" -- if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold." It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg." "Vanilla Ice -- that's cold."

  Vanilla Ice

  Rap, Ice, People

  "Catching Up With... Vanilla Ice". Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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

  Vanilla Ice

  Real, Night, Life Is

  Interview with Nate Erickson, www.gq.com. April 5, 2013.

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• 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!

  Vanilla Ice

  Stars, Rocks, People

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

  Vanilla Ice

  Hands, Guy, Egotistical

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• 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

  White, People, Records

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• 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.

  Vanilla Ice

  Shining, Black, Stuff

  "Is this it?". Interview with Alex Rayner, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2007.

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• I used the music kind of as therapy, and it's just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So it's been a very good therapy session for me as well.

  Vanilla Ice

  Kind, Used, Very Good

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• i'm okay.. is that what you really want me to say?

  Vanilla Ice

  Rapper, Love At First Sight, Hip Hop

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• 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.

  Vanilla Ice

  Real, Age, Groups

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• This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just no way that you can be as intense as what I have been through in my life over a drum beat machine, sample, or loop; it's just not going to happen.

  Vanilla Ice

  Writing, Machines, Stuff

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• 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

  Years, Firsts, Concerts

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• Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.

  Vanilla Ice

  People, Records, World

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• My main thing is music; it's what I do.

  Vanilla Ice

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. May 6, 1998.

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

  Vanilla Ice

  Baby, Florida, Texas

  "Is this it?". Interview with Alex Rayner, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2007.

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• I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?

  Vanilla Ice

  Class, White, America

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. May 6, 1998.

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• 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

  Age, Fame, Stressful

  The Onion interview, www.avclub.com. May 06, 1998.

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• And all the zig-zags and lines in my hair? I used to do that myself. I just thought it was cool that you could actually do that with your hair.

  Vanilla Ice

  Hair, Lines, Used

  "The GQ+A: Vanilla Ice". Interview with Nate Erickson, www.gq.com. April 5, 2013.

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• I bring people on stage with me. It's a good time, and people love to join in on the party. Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.

  Vanilla Ice

  Party, People, Good Times

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• A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.

  Vanilla Ice

  Thinking, Years, People

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. May 6, 1998.

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• More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.

  Vanilla Ice

  Thinking, White, People

  Online chat, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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