Kid Rock
Kid Rock
Robert James Ritchie, known professionally as Kid Rock, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. His 1998 album Devil Without a Cause sold 13 million copies worldwide. He is a five-time Grammy Award nominee and has sold 25 million albums in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. The RIAA certified him selling 23.5 million albums. He has sold over 35 millions records worldwide and he was Soundscan's number-one selling male solo musician of the 2000s, selling...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth17 January 1971
CityRomeo, MI
CountryUnited States of America
Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.
Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.
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 know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.
I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.
I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.
People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.
Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.
I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.
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 bought a book of Mark Twain quotes. That's about my speed. I'll read a couple quotes and put it down.
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.
Knowing so many people like myself who are singers and in traveling bands, the people you're in a relationship with feel slighted because they feel you're giving all your energy to your fans, and there's a lot of truth to that.