Eminem

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

— Eminem

“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.”

— Eminem

“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.”

— Eminem

“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.”

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

“Well, I'm working all the time to stay out of trouble!”

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

“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.'”

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

“You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough.”

— Eminem

“Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.”

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

“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.”

— Eminem

“I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.”

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

“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.”

— 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.”

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

“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.”

— Eminem