Robinson: Are you psyched the people of Detroit and surroundingMichigan area have so much love for you as a person and what you represent?What's that feel like to watch that happen, like when you were shooting thevideo for "Forever" and all those people came out?
Kid Rock: I found out in life that if you give a little love, youget a lot back. And that's the way it is around here. I love living outhere. The best thing about Detroit is it's obviously one of the best rockand roll cities in the world. But the people here are just down-to-earth. Ifthey see me out with my son, they'll say, "Hi Rock, " you know, "How youdoing?" Then if I'm out at a bar, everybody is really cool, down-to-earth.Maybe it's because I was born and raised here, I don't know, but the peopleare what keep me here.
Robinson: Who painted this, this picture of you?
Kid Rock: Oh, that was from the "Bawitdaba" video shoot that I don'tthink we ever used. I always wanted my own needlepoint Elvis. Just happenedto get one with my own ugly mug on it. I knew I made it one night 'causeright here was a stool and Hank [Williams] Jr. was sitting here playing allhis hits. And Eminem's over there hanging out in the corner and my girl Pam[Anderson] was here. We're laid out on the couch right there having acocktail and just like, "You can kill me now." It's all right. Lot of fun.
Robinson: Now you were telling me before that the best thing aboutyour basement is the karaoke setup.
Kid Rock: Yeah. Look at that. Let the good times roll. All right.(Turns on the machine, sings "Good Times Roll" with Iann).
Robinson: All family entertainment.
Kid Rock: You know, it's like you used to shave your buddy's head,whoever got the drunkest, put Nair on his eyebrows or something. Now youjust bring him into the basement, slap a diaper on him and turn the karaokemachine on.
Robinson: You worked with Sheryl Crow on the song "Picture." Had youalways wanted to do something with her? How did that come about?
Kid Rock: I honestly never thought that Sheryl Crow would be somebodythat was into my music. I had hope people like that would be, because of thecredibility she has, her musicianship and everything about her, her singingand just being so down-to-earth and cool. To find out that she did likeDevil Without a Cause was great. We met at the Grammys after-partyand she's one of those people that's not all Hollywooded out. I said, "Hey,you know, you want to come to Detroit? Let's make some songs." She's like,"Sure. When?" I gave her a date, and she actually showed up.
The afternoon was humming along very well. So far we'd gonefour-wheeling, played horseshoes, checked out the land and the studio ... sowhat else could we do? Guns, of course. Kid led me to the back area of thestudio where his manager Punch had set up a skeet launcher, and was standingthere holding a black shotgun. It was very rocking. The only problem wasthat I was getting into some personal questions with the American Bad Ass,about Pam and their relationship. I thought that asking these questionswhile Kid was holding a shotgun might be a bad idea, but I figured, what thehell. Kid was the first to fire off some shots, and he nailed the skeets oneafter the other. Next up was me, and I'd fired a gun only a few times in mylife and never a shotgun. Kid did his best to explain how to line up the gunand the skeet so I could hit it like a pro. Instead, I missed them all— I must've done eight and all of them flew right past me. I figure Iprobably killed some poor innocent bird way back in the brush. Aftersqueezing off some rounds I decided to get back to what I actually know howto do, the interview ...
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