"More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop."
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"I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"You can't please everybody, and basically I just decided to please myself first on this record. This record is more like my diary and I am expressing myself through my music. And that's what it should be about. That's why I didn't change my name or anything. It's not about the name; it's about the music. The old saying goes that video killed the radio star and it's very true. And now I'm just letting everything revolve around the music. There is no image; I am just being myself."
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"I've never met anybody in this world like me."
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"As for music and my place in it, maybe things are changing a little bit. I know this: a good song is deeper than a tattoo. It'll remind you of the car you're driving and the girl you're going around with and the streets you're cruising. It's better than a photo album. A song is a tattoo that you never lose. 'Ice, Ice Baby,' man, you'll remember that when you're 90."
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"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."
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"I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad."
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"I'm the kind of guy who really likes a challenge. It's more rewarding."
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"Show me who your friends are and I'll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen."
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"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."
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"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!"
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?"
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"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."
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"I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. Ice Ice Baby is about that area."
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