Quotes from Prodigy

My favorite Eminem song is probably 'Lose Yourself' because I can relate to it a lot. That's how I feel every time I write a rhyme.

I've learned to respect Rick Ross' music.

When I said, 'I'm only 19, but my mind is old' - at that time, when I said that line, I was 18.

Just having conversations with God, begging God to make the pain go away, and then the pain wouldn't go away. So I'm like 'Who the hell am I talking to? God is not responding.'

I'm always vocal about people being unique and different in hip-hop.

You have people there from all walks of life: people who made mistakes and have to deal with the consequences, mothers and fathers. You wouldn't expect them to be behind bars.

Music and physical activity goes hand in hand. Music and basketball, man.

I make all types of music. People wanna put me in a little box, and they get mad when I don't stay in there.

I wanna like Obama, but he's all about the world government, world banking, war, and stuff like that. You know what I'm sayin'? He's a phony.

You gotta be careful and just learn from your mistakes.

I read certain things about history. I don't like fiction. I read about stuff that's real, stuff that's goin' on in the world.

I don't want fans anymore, because the definition of a fan is a fanatic. The people who buy my product and ride with me are my supporters, not fanatics.

Havin' cash is highly addictive, especially when you're used to havin' money to live with.

Every time the ball drop on New Year's Eve, We toast to more money, we smoke to more cheese.

When the slugs penetrate, you feel a burning sensation, Gettin closer to God in a tight situation.

We started writing songs like 'Shook Ones' and 'Survival of the Fittest' explaining our neighborhood, but more our personal lives.

Nobody's unique. Everybody copies off of each other. Everybody wears the same type of stuff. Nobody's an individual anymore.

Premier came into the picture when were starting to make our own beats and all that.

I found that preparation is everything when you cook.

Life is a gamble, we scramble for money, I might crack a smile, but ain't a damn thing funny.

Beauty ain't always a little, cute colored flower. Beauty is anything where people be like, 'Damn.'

I have a deadly disease called Sickle Cell Anemia that I was born with that affects millions of others - primarily in the Black and Latino cultures. I feel I can inspire others with this Sickle Cell disease to be strong and believe in themselves.

I couldn't afford to get sick in prison. My sickle cell is no joke, so I couldn't eat poorly or not exercise. And everything in jail is designed to do the exact opposite.

Going to prison actually helped save my life, I believe.