Top 60 Vanilla Ice Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Stop, collaborate and listen.”

— Vanilla Ice

2. “Anything less than the best is a felony.”

— Vanilla Ice

3. “Drop that zero and get with the hero!”

— Vanilla Ice

4. “We are who we are because of who we were.”

— Vanilla Ice

5. “Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.”

— Vanilla Ice

6. “Show me who your friends are and I’ll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen.”

— Vanilla Ice

7. “I don’t have any reason to hate anybody; I believe in good karma and spreading good energy.”

— Vanilla Ice

8. “It doesn’t sound anything like ‘Under Pressure.’”

— Vanilla Ice

9. “I’ve never met anybody in this world like me.”

— Vanilla Ice

10. “Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.”

— Vanilla Ice

11. “Be yourself and enjoy yourself. Show me a smile and I’ll show you one back. Karma: Believe in it. It’s real. It comes back to you.”

— Vanilla Ice

12. “Show me a smile, and I’ll show you one back.”

— Vanilla Ice

13. “To the extreme I rock a mike like a vandal.”

— Vanilla Ice

14. “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

15. “Learn from my mistakes and you don’t have to make them yourself.”

— Vanilla Ice

16. “I’m the kind of guy who really likes a challenge. It’s more rewarding.”

— Vanilla Ice

17. “I’m a Christian, but I don’t believe in religion or anything like that.”

— Vanilla Ice

18. “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

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

— Vanilla Ice

20. “Act smarter than you are and always know where your exit is in case you get into too much trouble.”

— Vanilla Ice

21. “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

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

— Vanilla Ice

23. “I’m a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don’t do egotistical things.”

— Vanilla Ice

24. “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

25. “And all the zig-zags and lines in my hair? I used to do that myself. I just thought it was cool that you could actually do that with your hair.”

— Vanilla Ice

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

— Vanilla Ice

27. “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

28. “No way! Let me tell you, I’m no Elvis. Elvis had his time. I’m Vanilla Ice, and it’s my turn now.”

— Vanilla Ice

29. “Rap is from the streets and I’m from the streets. That’s why a lot of people accept me.”

— Vanilla Ice

30. “Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country – it’s all an opinion. F the critics.”

— Vanilla Ice

31. “I don’t know all the certain words to word it.”

— Vanilla Ice

32. “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

33. “I’m to trying to say I’m something I’m not. Black people understand that. I’m just doing my raps, my way. Rap is black. I recognize that and respect that. I’m just a white guy trying to rap, and I got lucky.”

— Vanilla Ice

34. “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

35. “I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. ‘Ice Ice Baby’ is about that area.”

— Vanilla Ice

36. “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

37. “If you grew up in my generation, you’re going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica – it wasn’t segregated anymore.”

— Vanilla Ice

38. “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

39. “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

40. “All my friends were black and Mexican. I was the only white kid in our group and had to work hard to be accepted. Year after year, we’d breakdance and we all became close and they labeled me “Vanilla” – like “Hey, Vanilla” and they knew I hated it, so of course they kept calling me it.”

— Vanilla Ice

41. “I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can’t quit. I’m addicted. I’ve broken many bones, but I ride with confidence. It’s my thing – there’s no high on earth like it. It’s my hobby and I really enjoy it.”

— Vanilla Ice

42. “I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don’t have a dad.”

— Vanilla Ice

43. “I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It’s very intense stuff.”

— Vanilla Ice

44. “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

45. “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

46. “I bring people on stage with me. It’s a good time, and people love to join in on the party. Show me a smile, and I’ll show you one back.”

— Vanilla Ice

47. “What makes critics dictate what is cool and what is not. What gives them the pass to say that their opinion on music or movies or anything is what should be cool and what shouldn’t. I don’t think it should be up to one person.”

— Vanilla Ice

48. “With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.”

— Vanilla Ice

49. “Another car is not going to help me out, a nicer car, I’ve already got it. A bigger house ain’t gonna do anything for me, and you know, a yacht, it’s not going to do anything for me anymore. So how can I find happiness?”

— Vanilla Ice

50. “My main thing is music; it’s what I do.”

— Vanilla Ice