Kid Rock Quotes

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.

Live for the moments you can't put into words

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

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

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

I'm single and loving it. It is always weird talking about that stuff. When someone is talking about who they are going out with, I am always like, who cares? Talk about your music or something.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

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

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

I don't make music to prove all the critics wrong. I do it to prove all my fans right.

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.

I get a feeling of peace from a low so high, as I sit in my chair and watch life go by.

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.

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

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

Beyonce, to me, doesn't have a f--king 'Purple Rain', but she's the biggest thing on Earth. How can you be that big without at least one 'Sweet Home Alabama' or 'Old Time Rock & Roll'? People are like, 'Beyonce's hot. Got a nice f--king ass.' I'm like, 'Cool, I like skinny white chicks with big t--s.' Doesn't really f--king do much for me.

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

I could write a book on the things I've done drunk.

I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do.

I don't rock for Cancer. I rock for cash, and the topless dancers.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I've been to your mountains, I've been to your sea-side, and everywhere I went somebody's wanted a free ride.

I've been meeting with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino for years, trying to figure out how to fix the concert industry. We're all so overpaid. It's ridiculous. People stopped going to concerts because they can't afford them. The Rolling Stones are charging $650 per ticket! That just makes me speechless. I love the Stones, but I won't be attending.

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

I'm thankful that I proved myself in music which is my first love, my first passion before I got involved in this media. I am hoping to bring it back to the music now.

Of course I want people to show up to the concerts and I am sure for that to decline would be a difficult thing.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I've always had a love of country music.

Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.

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.

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.