Quotes from Eminem

Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.

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

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.'

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

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.

The kids are old enough now - I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids.

Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil

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

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

Cause sometimes, you just feel tired. Feel weak. And when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you. You gotta find that inner strength, and just pull that shit out of you. And get that motivation to NOT give up and NOT be a quitter. No matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse.

I can't tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.

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

Behind every sucessful person lies a pack of haters

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

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

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

Don't let them say you ain't beautiful. They can all get fu#ked just stay true to you.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.