Vanilla Ice Quotes

• 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

  Topics in Success

  Tags in World, People, Thought, Millions

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Intense, Machine, Drum

• Shows have been sold out. It’s overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it’s overwhelming.

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  Tags in Embrace

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

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  Topics in Money

  Tags in Suicide

• 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

  Tags in Therapy, Trapped

• 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.

  Vanilla Ice

  Topics in Anger

  Tags in Vent, Depression

• I didn’t end up going bankrupt… I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it’s not about finances. No matter what, it’s about keeping it real.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Bankrupt, Held

• 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

  Tags in Explicit, Contains, Lyrics

Vanilla Ice (8)

Birth:	31st October, 1967
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Singer

About

Robert Matthew Van Winkle, best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper. Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Van Winkle released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 through Ichiban Records, before signing a contract withSBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group which released a reformatted version of the album under the title To the Extreme.

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