“Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.”
Famous
“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.”
AgeAll Quotes by Eminem
“I didn't have nothin' going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.”
Home“I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.”
Freedom“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.”
Change“A lot of truth is said in jest.”
Truth“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.”
Music“My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.”
Dad“The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.”
Family“I need drama in my life to keep making music.”
Life“Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.”
Music“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.”
Funny“If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.”
Life“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.'”
Learning“The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.”
Life“Well, I'm working all the time to stay out of trouble!”
Time“Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.”
Time“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.”
Best“You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I'm going to say it before they can. It's the best policy for me.”
Best“I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad.”
Women“I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.”
Mom