I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.

[citation needed] After 2003's Kid Rock and 2006's Live Trucker sales declined from the previous releases he released Rock n Roll Jesus in 2007. They divorced five months later because Rock wanted to live in Detroit and Anderson wanted to stay in Los Angeles. By April 2002 he and Anderson were engaged but the engagement was later called off.

and 27 million worldwide. 1 in eight countries across Europe and Australia. He was Soundscan's number one selling male solo musician of the 2000s selling 17.