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
Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.
I love women and I love the women I have been with. I always try to be kind and cautious and treat people nice.
I've been meeting with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino for years, trying to figure out how to fix the concert industry. We're all so overpaid. It's ridiculous. People stopped going to concerts because they can't afford them. The Rolling Stones are charging $650 per ticket! That just makes me speechless. I love the Stones, but I won't be attending.
I said it's all good and it's all in fun Now get in the pit and try to love someone
My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.
What perfect timing. I got a record coming up ... Maybe I should thank him.
No, but we put a rider in our contract that there has to be Pabst Blue Ribbon in our dressing rooms, just because we thought it would be funny.
My goal is to get quieter as I get older.
When you're on TV in America, the girls love you. I'm not complaining.
I think anybody that's worked hard and has built something and has been successful can testify to how, you know, how wonderful that was, how wonderful it still is.
The Majestic Theater in 1990. That was one of my first real shows where I had 300 to 400 people there.
I still don't believe that all pieces of music are the same price. I just don't think that's America.
When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio.
There's nothing better than seeing people you know being able to work and support their families. Knowing you have a little hand in it? Now, that really makes you feel good.