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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.

Vanilla Ice Quotes

American - Musician Born: October 31, 1968

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I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be. Vanilla Ice

History, Goals, Motto

Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back. Vanilla Ice

I don't have any reason to hate anybody; I believe in good karma and spreading good energy. Vanilla Ice

Good, Hate, Believe

One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life. Vanilla Ice

Life, Family, Happiness

My mom raised me to be clean, so it's in my nature. I have two little girls, and I'm married, but we've got a nanny and a maid. Vanilla Ice

Nature, Mom, Little Girls

Listen, if you don't talk big game, you never get anywhere. If you don't think big, you don't get big. Some people call it egotistical, some people call it high hopes, some people call it confidence. It's all in how you want to dissect it. Vanilla Ice

Confidence, People, Game

I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change. Vanilla Ice

Change, Past, Back

Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me. Vanilla Ice

Me, People, Why

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

Music, Real Estate, Gold

My breakdancing crew used to go to the mall and squat a piece of cardboard there; we had our jam box, and I'd spin on my head and make about forty bucks a day, which was pretty good back then. I was only 14 years old, so I would chase the girls around the mall and eat some pizza and have some change left over. Vanilla Ice

Change, Day, Good

I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years. Vanilla Ice

Day, Party, Weekend

Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song. Vanilla Ice

Song, Negativity, Faster

It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too. Vanilla Ice

Life, Happy, I Am

I like Cleveland. I like the Cavaliers. Nothing wrong with Cleveland. I have lots of friends there. Vanilla Ice

Friends, Nothing, Like

When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit! Vanilla Ice

Home, Day, Mountain

I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself. Vanilla Ice

Today, Happy, Myself

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

Mom, Baby, College

I got caught up on drugs for a few years, I'm off it, I'm very happy, got two kids and a family and everything. And like I said I'm making the underground music, and keeping it real. Vanilla Ice

Family, Music, Happy

I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery,' meaning that you can't go back and change anything in the past. Vanilla Ice

Change, History, Past

I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience. Vanilla Ice

Experience, Man, Me

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

Time, Hope, First Time

To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not. Vanilla Ice

Cool, Me, Opinion

If you look at the statistics, people spend most of their time in the kitchen. Aside from the backyard, it's one of my favorite places to renovate. Vanilla Ice

Time, Statistics, People

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

Success, People, Think

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. Vanilla Ice

People, Know, You

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

Music, Stress, Depression

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