Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Eminem Quotes
FriendshipPerseverancePovertyStereotypesUpbringing 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.
AllurementFameLifestyleSocial ExpectationsStruggle 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.
IdentityPassionPurposeTalent 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 NothingIntensitySelf-awareness I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'
AdaptabilityProblem SolvingResilience Five or six songs leaked from the original version of 'Encore.' So I had to go in and make new songs to replace them.
Breaking BoundariesCreativityFreedomOpportunityPersonal Achievement I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.
AuthenticityDirectnessHonestySelf-Expression My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.
ChallengeDisappointmentDreamReality I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.
CreativityInspirationSpontaneityWriting 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.
AuthenticityIndividualismIntegritySelf-Expression I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.
Financial ResponsibilityForesightWisdom 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.
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.
Inner StrengthOvercoming NegativityPersonal GrowthResilienceSelf-awareness I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?
BetrayalStrengthVigilance Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.
EntertainmentHumorPositivity Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.
External PerceptionHumilityInfluenceSelf-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.
AbundanceGratitudeLife of EasePrivilege I feel like a spoilt rapper. I get to pick and choose everything.
Emotion AuthenticityMusic Expression The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.
CreativityExpressionIntuitionMusicSpontaneity 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'.
EmpathyEqualityRaceSelf WorthUnderstanding 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.
AuthenticityHonestyOriginResilience I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.
Personal GrowthRedemptionSelf ReflectionTransformation It creeps me out sometimes to think of the person I was. I was a terrible person. I was mean to people.
LonelinessSelf-ImageUnhealthy HabitsWeight 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.