Top 60 Kid Rock Quotes

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

I take the invasion of my personal space very seriously.

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

My past is a bit checkered.

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.

My good friends call me Bobby.

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.

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

Rock ‘n’ roll is much easier if you’re white.

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.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians.

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

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.

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.

Europeans don’t seem to have the groupie mentality.

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.

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

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

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.’

I’ve never played the PR game.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables.

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

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

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.

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

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