Eminem Quotes

“When I do something I have to do it all the way - that goes for music, with a high-hat, a snare drum, a rhyme, everything. I have to push it to the extreme. That's how I realized I have addictive behavior. Somebody told me this once, that the thing that makes me bad is the same thing that makes me good at other things.”

“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.”

“Try to strip me of my credibility and make me look fake, G you only gonna be in for a rude awakening.”

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

“I realize that some people see going away as, "Oh, he's irrelevant now," but I feel like if I don't go away, I get sick of myself. It's never been my thing to be in the spotlight all the time.”

“I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“I don't need a tank top to be a wife beater”

“Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.”

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

“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.”

“You ever love somebody so muchYou can barely breatheWhen you’re with them”

“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.”

“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 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.”

“As for being AIDS infested, I don't know yet, I'm too scared to get tested.”

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

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

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

“Had a dream, I was King,I woke up, still King”

“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.”

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