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Quotes by Eminem

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Wikipedia Summary for Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and record producer. Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of more than 220 million records. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is critically acclaimed as one of the greatest rappers of all time.

Eminem's global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during the early 2000s made him hugely controversial, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass. He has been influential for many artists of various genres. After his debut album Infinite (1996) and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP. His next two releases The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002) were worldwide successes and were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. After the release of his next album, Encore (2004), Eminem went on hiatus in 2005 partly due to a prescription drug addiction. He returned to the music industry four years later with the release of Relapse (2009), and Recovery was released the following year. Recovery was the best-selling album worldwide of 2010, making it Eminem's second album, after The Eminem Show in 2002, to be the best-selling album of the year worldwide. In the following years, he released the US number one albums The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018) and Music to Be Murdered By (2020).

Eminem made his debut in the film industry with the musical drama film 8 Mile (2002), playing a fictionalized version of himself, and his track "Lose Yourself" from its soundtrack won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making him the first hip hop artist ever to win the award. Eminem has made cameo appearances in the films The Wash (2001), Funny People (2009), and The Interview (2014), and the television series Entourage (2010). He has also developed other ventures, including Shady Records, a joint venture with manager Paul Rosenberg, which helped launch the careers of artists such as 50 Cent, Yelawolf and Obie Trice, among others. He has also established his own channel, Shade 45, on Sirius XM Radio. In addition to his solo career, Eminem was a member of the hip hop group D12. He is also known for collaborations with fellow Detroit-based rapper Royce Da 5'9"; the two are collectively known as Bad Meets Evil.

He was the best-selling music artist in the United States of the 2000s and the best-selling male music artist in the United States of the 2010s, third overall. Billboard named him the "Artist of the Decade (2000–2009)". The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, "Lose Yourself", "Love the Way You Lie" and "Not Afraid" have all been certified Diamond or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rolling Stone has included him in its lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He has won numerous awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards, an Academy Award and an MTV Europe Music Global Icon Award. He has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200—which all consecutively debuted at number one on the chart, making him the only artist to achieve this—and five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

Quote: I have never felt so much pain in my life. It was tough for me to even get out of bed and I had days when I couldn't walk, let alone write a rhyme. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of person in black shoes standing on gray concrete floor
Photo Credit: Belinda Fewings

I have never felt so much pain in my life. It was tough for me to even get out of bed and I had days when I couldn't walk, let alone write a rhyme.


Quote: Love is just a word, but you bring it definition. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of red rose
Photo Credit: Panha Kang

Love is just a word, but you bring it definition.


Quote: Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of landscape photo of waters, mountains, and black clouds
Photo Credit: Michael Dam

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.


Quote: The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of brown squirrel on tree log
Photo Credit: Sebastian Latorre

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.


Quote: Paintballs shot at they truck, blaow! Look at y'all runnin' your mouth again When you ain't seen. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Paintballs shot at they truck, blaow! Look at y'all runnin' your mouth again When you ain't seen.


Quote: Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now.


Quote: I didn't have nothin' going for me, school, home, until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I didn't have nothin' going for me, school, home, until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.


Quote: I act like sh*t don't phase me, inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I act like sh*t don't phase me, inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive.


Quote: My earliest memory was raping the babysitter when I was 5...she was 15. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My earliest memory was raping the babysitter when I was 5...she was 15.


Quote: Smacked her so hard I knocked her clothes backwards like Kris Kross. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Smacked her so hard I knocked her clothes backwards like Kris Kross.


Quote: If you can afford...a computer, you can afford to pay $16 for my...CD. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If you can afford...a computer, you can afford to pay $16 for my...CD.


Quote: I'm certainly not a f**king fashion consultant. Don't call me if you want to know how to dress. I just rap. That's all I really know how to do. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I'm certainly not a f**king fashion consultant. Don't call me if you want to know how to dress. I just rap. That's all I really know how to do.


Quote: It's just hard when you've spent so much time on something, writing and recording, laying the vocals, getting the hook right, getting the beat right, making everything sound right -- you spent a freaking week trying to make it sound perfect, and someone comes along and shoots it down. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of Eminem quote: It's just hard when you've spent so much time on something, writing and recording, laying the vocals, getting the hook right, getting the beat right, making everything sound right -- you spent a freaking week trying to make it sound perfect, and someone comes along and shoots it down.- black text on quotes background

It's just hard when you've spent so much time on something, writing and recording, laying the vocals, getting the hook right, getting the beat right, making everything sound right -- you spent a freaking week trying to make it sound perfect, and someone comes along and shoots it down.


Quote: I'm an attention freak. I want all the women in the world, and if I don't get them, I fall to the ground and start kicking my feet. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I'm an attention freak. I want all the women in the world, and if I don't get them, I fall to the ground and start kicking my feet.


Quote: You beef wit me, I'm-a even the score equally. Take you on Jerry Springer and beat your ass legally. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

You beef wit me, I'm-a even the score equally. Take you on Jerry Springer and beat your ass legally.


Quote: The emotions in a song -- the anger, aggression -- have got to be legitimate. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

The emotions in a song -- the anger, aggression -- have got to be legitimate.


Quote: People will hate you for speaking the truth, but you've gotta learn to stand up to them, so don't be offended if I say something you don't like. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

People will hate you for speaking the truth, but you've gotta learn to stand up to them, so don't be offended if I say something you don't like.


Quote: People at rehab were stealing my hats and pens and notebooks and asking for autographs. I couldn't concentrate on my problem. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

People at rehab were stealing my hats and pens and notebooks and asking for autographs. I couldn't concentrate on my problem.


Quote: They said I rap like a robot, so call me rapbot. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

They said I rap like a robot, so call me rapbot.


Quote: When you feel like you've had it up to here, and you're mad enough to scream, but you're sad enough to tear, that's rock bottom. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

When you feel like you've had it up to here, and you're mad enough to scream, but you're sad enough to tear, that's rock bottom.


Quote: I had too much Nyquil and Vivarin again. Lost my stomach all over the place. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I had too much Nyquil and Vivarin again. Lost my stomach all over the place.


Quote: My brain's gone, my soul's worn and my spirit is torn The rest of my body's still bein operated on. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My brain's gone, my soul's worn and my spirit is torn The rest of my body's still bein operated on.


Quote: I've always respected what Wayne does, and Wayne, to me is definitely one of the greatest in the game right now. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I've always respected what Wayne does, and Wayne, to me is definitely one of the greatest in the game right now.


Quote: I'm standing on my Monopoly board that means I'm on top of my game. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I'm standing on my Monopoly board that means I'm on top of my game.


Quote: Be smart, don't be a retard. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Be smart, don't be a retard.


Quote: I don't think that anything anyone has to say should ever be censored or unheard. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I don't think that anything anyone has to say should ever be censored or unheard.


Quote: I don't do 'black music,' I don't do 'white music'...I make fight music, for high school kids. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I don't do 'black music,' I don't do 'white music'...I make fight music, for high school kids.


Quote: Cuz this is what happens when bad meets evil
We hit the trees till we look like Vietnamese people. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Cuz this is what happens when bad meets evil
We hit the trees till we look like Vietnamese people.


Quote: I get imaginative with a mouth full of adjectives,

A brain full of adverbs, and a box full of laxatives,

Shittin' on rappers, causin' hospital accidents. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I get imaginative with a mouth full of adjectives,

A brain full of adverbs, and a box full of laxatives,

Shittin' on rappers, causin' hospital accidents.


Quote: Be proud to be out of your mind and out of control. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Be proud to be out of your mind and out of control.


Quote: And all those who look down on me I'm tearing down your balcony. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

And all those who look down on me I'm tearing down your balcony.


Quote: Money will brainwash you and leave your ass mindless. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Money will brainwash you and leave your ass mindless.


Quote: It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober.


Quote: But no matter how many fish in the sea, itd be so empty without me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

But no matter how many fish in the sea, itd be so empty without me.


Quote: It's a trip when people take sobriety for granted. Feeling trapped in my addiction and then getting sober -- you appreciate it so much more, because I didn't know if I would ever know what it's like to feel normal again, ever. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

It's a trip when people take sobriety for granted. Feeling trapped in my addiction and then getting sober -- you appreciate it so much more, because I didn't know if I would ever know what it's like to feel normal again, ever.


Quote: I Like Gay Men, Right Ken? by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I Like Gay Men, Right Ken?


Quote: They call me Superman, leap tall hoes in a single bound. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

They call me Superman, leap tall hoes in a single bound.


Quote: When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me.


Quote: Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I'll wear it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I'll wear it.


Quote: I maybe made some mistakes, but I'm only human. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I maybe made some mistakes, but I'm only human.


Quote: I've got miracle lyrical capability all in me   With the agility to escape a killer bee colony. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I've got miracle lyrical capability all in me With the agility to escape a killer bee colony.




Quote: Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.


Quote: I was born with the biggest middle finger on Earth. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I was born with the biggest middle finger on Earth.


Quote: My songs can make you cry, take you by surprise at the same time, can make you dry your eyes with the same rhyme. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My songs can make you cry, take you by surprise at the same time, can make you dry your eyes with the same rhyme.




Quote: We just kept moving back and forth because my mother never had a job. We kept getting kicked out of every house we were in. I believe six months was the longest we ever lived in a house. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

We just kept moving back and forth because my mother never had a job. We kept getting kicked out of every house we were in. I believe six months was the longest we ever lived in a house.


Quote: Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to
I just found out my mom does more dope than I do. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to
I just found out my mom does more dope than I do.


Quote: I believe people can change, but only for the worse. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I believe people can change, but only for the worse.


Quote: Put your temper to more use
cause
Being broke is a poor excuse. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Put your temper to more use
cause
Being broke is a poor excuse.


Quote: Saving Private Ryan was probably the illest, sickest movie I've ever watched, and I didn't see anybody criticizing that one for violence. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Saving Private Ryan was probably the illest, sickest movie I've ever watched, and I didn't see anybody criticizing that one for violence.


Quote: Mother, are you there? I love you. I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Mother, are you there? I love you. I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel.


Quote: Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me.


Quote: You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of Eminem quote: You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.- black text on quotes background

You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.


Quote: Slim Shady: Hotter then a set of twin babies 

In a Mercedes Benz, with the windows up 

When the temp goes up to the mid 80's. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Slim Shady: Hotter then a set of twin babies

In a Mercedes Benz, with the windows up

When the temp goes up to the mid 80's.




Quote: Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know, I've written a whole song in an hour. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know, I've written a whole song in an hour.


Quote: I try to keep it positive and play it cool, shoot up the playground and tell the kids to stay in school. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I try to keep it positive and play it cool, shoot up the playground and tell the kids to stay in school.


Quote: Follow me and do exactly what the song says
Smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people
And drink and jump behind the wheel like it was still legal. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Follow me and do exactly what the song says
Smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people
And drink and jump behind the wheel like it was still legal.


Quote: Yo, I failed ninth grade three times, but I don't think it was necessarily 'cause I'm stupid. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Yo, I failed ninth grade three times, but I don't think it was necessarily 'cause I'm stupid.


Quote: My skin is too thick and bullet proof to touch me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My skin is too thick and bullet proof to touch me.


Quote: I'm not afraid, to take a stand 
Everybody come take my hand. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I'm not afraid, to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

I'm not afraid to take a stand. Everybody come take my hand. We'll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm. Just let you know that, you're not alone. Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road.


Quote: If I had one wish I would ask for a big enough ass for the whole world to kiss. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If I had one wish I would ask for a big enough ass for the whole world to kiss.


Quote: I would love it if, even for one day, you could walk through a neighborhood and see an Asian guy sitting on his stoop, then you look across the street and see a black guy and a white guy sitting on their porches, and a Mexican dude walking by. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I would love it if, even for one day, you could walk through a neighborhood and see an Asian guy sitting on his stoop, then you look across the street and see a black guy and a white guy sitting on their porches, and a Mexican dude walking by.


Quote: You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne.


Quote: Slim Shady, Eminem was the old initials. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Slim Shady, Eminem was the old initials.


Quote: But you lied again. Now you get to watch her leave out the window. Guess that's why they call it 'window pane. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

But you lied again. Now you get to watch her leave out the window. Guess that's why they call it 'window pane.


Quote: If that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine, I'm a break that birdie's neck. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine, I'm a break that birdie's neck.


Quote: I don't know if I ever feel totally great about a record when I put it out. With every record that I put out, someone has literally got to come pry it from me because when I listen to my own music, I just hear flaws in it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I don't know if I ever feel totally great about a record when I put it out. With every record that I put out, someone has literally got to come pry it from me because when I listen to my own music, I just hear flaws in it.


Quote: I was born a premature birth.
My first words were bleep, bleep and Curse, Curse
My breath still stinks and I'm on my 3rd cert. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I was born a premature birth.
My first words were bleep, bleep and Curse, Curse
My breath still stinks and I'm on my 3rd cert.


Quote: My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in Junior High. The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy. I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler and stapled his nuts to a stack of papers. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in Junior High. The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy. I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler and stapled his nuts to a stack of papers.






Quote: You'd have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes just to see what its like to be me! by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

You'd have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes just to see what its like to be me!


Quote: Since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else,'cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else,'cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt.


Quote: Better try to stay wide awake, or you might end up found dead by the lake. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Better try to stay wide awake, or you might end up found dead by the lake.


Quote: If we can hump dead animals and antelopes, there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If we can hump dead animals and antelopes, there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope.


Quote: What are friends? Friends are people you think are your friends but they really your enemies, with secret identities. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

What are friends? Friends are people you think are your friends but they really your enemies, with secret identities.


Quote: Money is what makes a man act funny. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Money is what makes a man act funny.


Quote: I find you offensive for finding me offensive. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I find you offensive for finding me offensive.


Quote: You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo.


Quote: I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to.


Quote: If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.


Quote: Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil.


Quote: Before you judge someone, walk a mile in his shoes. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Before you judge someone, walk a mile in his shoes.


Quote: Why be a king, when you can be a god? by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Why be a king, when you can be a god?


Quote: That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.


Quote: Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip? by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?


Quote: Damn. How much damage can you do with a pen? by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Damn. How much damage can you do with a pen?


Quote: Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent. Leave that to me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent. Leave that to me.


Quote: My soul is possessed by this devil my new name is Rain Man. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My soul is possessed by this devil my new name is Rain Man.


Quote: I'm just a little bit sicker then the average individual I think. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I'm just a little bit sicker then the average individual I think.


Quote: When I say I'll murder my baby's mother, maybe I wanted to but I didn't. Anybody who takes it literally is 10 times sicker than I am. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

When I say I'll murder my baby's mother, maybe I wanted to but I didn't. Anybody who takes it literally is 10 times sicker than I am.


Quote: I have a weird thing with giraffes, I don't like their neck. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I have a weird thing with giraffes, I don't like their neck.


Quote: Rap was always a pipe dream for me, but rap was all I had. Because really, what was I going to do with my life? I had a young daughter. Kim and I were always either getting evicted or our house was getting shot up or robbed. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Rap was always a pipe dream for me, but rap was all I had. Because really, what was I going to do with my life? I had a young daughter. Kim and I were always either getting evicted or our house was getting shot up or robbed.


Quote: Sometimes I'm real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Sometimes I'm real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that.


Quote: Never was a gangsta, till I graduated to one. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Never was a gangsta, till I graduated to one.


Quote: Imma be what I set out to be without a doubt undoubtedly. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Imma be what I set out to be without a doubt undoubtedly.


Quote: I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing the stars. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing the stars.


Quote: They say that love is powerful as cough syrup and Styrofoam.
All I know is I fell asleep and woke up in that Monte Carlo
With the ugly Kardashian...
Lamar, oh, sorry. Yo, we done both set the bar low. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

They say that love is powerful as cough syrup and Styrofoam.
All I know is I fell asleep and woke up in that Monte Carlo
With the ugly Kardashian...
Lamar, oh, sorry. Yo, we done both set the bar low.


Quote: I will not fall, I will stand tall, feels like no one can beat me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I will not fall, I will stand tall, feels like no one can beat me.


Quote: Be proud of who you are. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Be proud of who you are.


Quote: I didn't just invent saying offensive things. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I didn't just invent saying offensive things.


Quote: Well, I'm working all the time to stay out of trouble! by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Well, I'm working all the time to stay out of trouble!


Quote: If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.


Quote: Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge.


Quote: I have a slight bit of OCD, I think. I'm not walking around flipping light switches. But when I say I'm going to do something, I have to do it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I have a slight bit of OCD, I think. I'm not walking around flipping light switches. But when I say I'm going to do something, I have to do it.


Quote: A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.' by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'


Quote: I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.


Quote: There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'.


Quote: If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.


Quote: I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.


Quote: Fame hit me like a ton of bricks. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.


Quote: Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.


Quote: You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.


Quote: I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.' by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'


Quote: I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.


Quote: Nothing on 'Relapse' and very little on 'Recovery' was produced by me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Nothing on 'Relapse' and very little on 'Recovery' was produced by me.


Quote: Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto; I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto; I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.


Quote: Touring is hard on the body. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Touring is hard on the body.


Quote: When Bugs Bunny walks into rehab, people are going to turn and look. People at rehab were stealing my hats and pens and notebooks and asking for autographs. I couldn't concentrate on my problem. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

When Bugs Bunny walks into rehab, people are going to turn and look. People at rehab were stealing my hats and pens and notebooks and asking for autographs. I couldn't concentrate on my problem.


Quote: My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.


Quote: I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.


Quote: People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now.


Quote: A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious.


Quote: You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I'm going to say it before they can. It's the best policy for me. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of Eminem quote; white text on black background

You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I'm going to say it before they can. It's the best policy for me.


Quote: To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway.


Quote: When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap.


Quote: It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening.


Quote: A lot of truth is said in jest. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

A lot of truth is said in jest.


Quote: I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.


Quote: Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of Eminem quote; white text on black background

Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person.


Quote: It's kind of like a challenge to myself to be able to hear somebody else's hook and kind of interpret the words. Because my own hooks, I already know what I mean when I write them. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

It's kind of like a challenge to myself to be able to hear somebody else's hook and kind of interpret the words. Because my own hooks, I already know what I mean when I write them.


Quote: Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else.


Quote: I always say this about my music, and music in general: Music is like a time capsule. Each album reflects what I'm going through or what's going on in my life at that moment. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I always say this about my music, and music in general: Music is like a time capsule. Each album reflects what I'm going through or what's going on in my life at that moment.


Quote: My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood.


Quote: Hip-hop is ever changing but you'll always have the pack. And you'll always have those people who are separated from the pack. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Hip-hop is ever changing but you'll always have the pack. And you'll always have those people who are separated from the pack.


Quote: I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

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I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you're always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.


Quote: I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid? by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?


Quote: I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it.


Quote: My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.


Quote: I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.




Quote: Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.


Quote: Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.


Quote: I was a smart kid, but I hated school. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I was a smart kid, but I hated school.


Quote: I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.


Quote: Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.


Quote: I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything.


Quote: You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it -- you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it -- you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough.


Quote: Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.


Quote: If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.


Quote: There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that I am white, and you know, this is predominantly black music, you know. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that I am white, and you know, this is predominantly black music, you know.


Quote: I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it. by author Eminem overlaid on photo of photo of author Eminem with quote

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.


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