Eminem

“I don't speak, I float in the air wrapped in a sheetI'm not a real person, I'm a ghost trapped in a beat”

“Came to the world at a time when it was in need of a villain. An asshole, that role I think I succeed in fulfilling. Dont think I ever stopped to think I was speaking to children. Everything was happening so fast, it was like I blinked, sold three million.”

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

“I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm not trying to be the next Tupac, but I don't know how long I'm going to be on this planet. So while I'm here, I might as well make the most of it.”

“What are friends ? Friends are people that you think are your friendsBut they really your enemies, with secret indentitiesAnd disguises, to hide they true colorsSo just when you think you close enough to be brothersThey wanna come back and cut your throat when you ain't lookin'.”

“I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good.”

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

“I just remembered that I'm absent minded... wait, I mean I lost my mind, I can't find it.”

“I'm very much a creature of habit.”

“I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.”

“Have you ever been hated, or discriminated againstI have, I’ve been protested and demonstrated against.”

“A plaque and platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest.”

“Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?”

“I'm about as normal as Norman Bates.”

“Yeah, it's been a ride I guess I had to go to that place to get to this one Now some of you might still be in that place If you're trying to get out, just follow me I'll get you there”

“Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing.”

“I just say whatever I want to whoever I want whenever I want wherever I want however I want.”

“If I'm not passionate about it, I can't write it. I can't fake it.”

“My pen and paper causes a chain reaction, to get your brain relaxing.”

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

“I'm not afraid, to take a standEverybody come take my hand”

“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 you could count the skeletons in my closet, under my bed and up under my faucet, then you would know I've completely lost it. Is he nuts? No he's insane!”

“I was a smart kid, but I hated school.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.”

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

“Guns are bad, I tell you.”

“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.”

“I'm kinda rather make people laugh I guess or cry or whatever but bragging about what I have for me personally uncharacteristic I guess.”

“It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.”

“Rap was my drug.”

“See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.”

“I like happy things, I'm really calm and peaceful. I like birds, bees, I like people. I like funny things that make me happy and gleeful... like when my teacher sucked my wee-wee in pre-school!”

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

“I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want. It's the new tolerant me!”

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

“You heard of hell, well I was sent from it.”

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

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

“England? England is in London right?”

“You couldn't make the fans throw up their hands if they swallowed their fingers.”

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

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

“I don't know why this world keeps turning, round and round. But I wish it would stop and let me off right now!”

“I find you offensive for finding me offensive”

“As for my stuff, I'm just doing guest verses for other people's records. I try to stay recording, because if I don't, I get rusty.”

“I stopped watching TV because of 'The Wire.' Like, 'The Wire' ruined everything for me because I don't even want to watch anything else now.”

“I have a hard time memorizing stuff. I'm always in the process of writing a new song, so trying to learn a new one takes a minute.”