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

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

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 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.

Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country - it's all an opinion. F the critics.

The most valuable lesson I've ever learned in my life is that life is about family and friends, not about material things or any of that. 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.

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