Eminem

“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.”

— Eminem

“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.”

— 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

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

— Eminem

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

— 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

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

— Eminem

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

— 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

“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

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

— Eminem

“It feels good to have your work respected again.”

— 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

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

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

— Eminem

“I need drama in my life to keep making music.”

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

“I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.”

— 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