“It’s the rhythm that gets to the kids – they’re starved of music they can dance to, after all those years of crooners.”

Let’s face it. Rock and Roll is bigger than all of us

Rock ‘n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues and rhythm.

Anyone who says rock ‘n’ roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head.

I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,

I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.

I think it’s a cool thing to have kids look up to me and to know that it doesn’t matter, your background or your ethnic background. If you have goals and dreams, you can achieve them.

I wasn’t a silver-spoon kid on the golf course growing up.

Kid Rock is a hell of an athlete.

I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.

As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.

My life is to play golf, sit home with the wife and kids, and do things with the family more than I used to.