Eminem

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

— Eminem

“I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.”

— 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

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

— Eminem

“Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.”

— Eminem

“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.”

— 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

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

— 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

“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

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

— Eminem

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

— 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

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

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

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

— 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