Eminem quotes

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.

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

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

Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.

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.'

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

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

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

Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

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

Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.

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

A lot of truth is said in jest.

I was going to McDonald's and Taco Bell every day. The kids behind the counter knew me - it wouldn't even faze them. Or I'd sit up at Denny's or Big Boy and just eat by myself. It was sad. I got so heavy that people started to not recognize me.

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.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

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

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.

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.

My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

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.

I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad.

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.'

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.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

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.