Inspirational Quotes

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Eminem Quotes

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Emotion Authenticity Music Expression The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.

Authenticity Honesty Origin Resilience I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.

Gun Control Safety Violence Guns are bad, I tell you.

Adaptability Problem Solving Resilience Five or six songs leaked from the original version of 'Encore.' So I had to go in and make new songs to replace them.

Inner Strength Overcoming Negativity Personal Growth Resilience Self-awareness I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?

Entertainment Humor Positivity Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.

Creativity Inspiration Spontaneity Writing Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I've written a whole song in an hour.

Financial Responsibility Foresight Wisdom I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.

Intelligence I was a smart kid, but I hated school.

Authenticity Individualism Integrity Self-Expression I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.

Challenge Disappointment Dream Reality I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

Betrayal Strength Vigilance Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

Abundance Gratitude Life of Ease Privilege I feel like a spoilt rapper. I get to pick and choose everything.

Loneliness Self-Image Unhealthy Habits Weight 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.

External Perception Humility Influence Self-Perception I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

Authenticity Directness Honesty Self-Expression My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.

Friendship Perseverance Poverty Stereotypes Upbringing 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.

Esteem Recognition Satisfaction Value It feels good to have your work respected again.

Identity Passion Purpose Talent Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else.

All or Nothing Intensity Self-awareness I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'

Difficulty Hope Resilience These times are so hard, and they're getting even harder.

Allurement Fame Lifestyle Social Expectations Struggle 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.

Authenticity Feeling Sincerity Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

Dedication Passion Perseverance Honestly, I never really put the mic down.

Breaking Boundaries Creativity Freedom Opportunity Personal Achievement I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.

Life Experiences Music Reflection Self-Expression I always say this about my music, and music in general: Music is like a time capsule. Each album reflects what I'm going through or what's going on in my life at that moment.

Creativity Expression Intuition Music Spontaneity The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'.

Innocence When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap.

Empathy Equality Race Self Worth Understanding Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person.

Personal Growth Redemption Self Reflection Transformation It creeps me out sometimes to think of the person I was. I was a terrible person. I was mean to people.