Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III, an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, known for his lyrical prowess, intricate rhyme schemes, and controversial themes. The name “Eminem” is derived from his initials, M&M, which are phonetically pronounced as “Em” and “M”. It’s also a play on the word “M&M”, like the candy, reflecting his real name and his alter ego.
Eminem Quotes
1. “Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?”
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2. “Why be a king, when you can be a god?”
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3. “I don’t care if you’re black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Simple as that.”
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4. “Before you judge someone, walk a mile in his shoes.”
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5. “Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.”
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6. “Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters.”
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7. “Love is just a word, but you bring it definition.”
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8. “Somewhere deep down there’s a decent man in me, he just can’t be found.”
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9. “Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.”
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10. “You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.”
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11. “I shoot for the moon but I’m too busy gazing the stars.”
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12. “Damn. How much damage can you do with a pen?”
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13. “When I say or do something I do it, I don’t give a damn what you think, I’m doing this for me…”
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14. “If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.”
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15. “Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil”
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16. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.”
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17. “I will not fall, I will stand tall, feels like no one can beat me.”
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18. “Don’t do drugs, don’t have unprotected sex, don’t be violent. Leave that to me.”
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19. “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.”
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20. “I have nothing to lose, but something to gain.”
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21. “I can’t tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.”
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22. “Imma be what I set out to be without a doubt undoubtedly.”
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23. “You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo.”
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24. “I’ve got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot, success is my only option, failure’s not.”
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25. “I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to.”
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26. “Everything always happens for a reason.”
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27. “Love is evil, spell it backwards, I’ll show ya.”
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28. “Just promise me you’ll think of me everytime you look up in the sky and see a star.”
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29. “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”
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30. “Opportunity may only come once in a lifetime.”
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31. “You can make something of your life, it just depends on your drive.”
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32. “Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.”
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33. “I maybe made some mistakes, but I’m only human.”
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34. “It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it’s all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening.”
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35. “I need to keep working on myself for a while.”
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36. “To the people I forgot, you weren’t on my mind for some reason and you probably don’t deserve any thanks anyway.”
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37. “They say music can alter moods and talk to you.”
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38. “I find you offensive for finding me offensive.”
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39. “I’m stupid, I’m ugly, I’m dumb, I smell. Did I mention I’m stupid?”
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40. “And all those who look down on me I’m tearing down your balcony.”
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41. “When you feel like you’ve had it up to here, and you’re mad enough to scream, but you’re sad enough to tear, that’s rock bottom.”
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42. “Step by step, heart to heart, left right left. We all fall down like toy soldiers. Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win.”
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43. “You’d have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes just to see what its like to be me!!”
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44. “Money is what makes a man act funny.”
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45. “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.”
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46. “Inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive.”
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47. “What are friends? Friends are people you think are your friends but they really your enemies, with secret identities.”
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48. “I don’t hate women – they just sometimes make me mad.”
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49. “My brain’s gone, my soul’s worn and my spirit is torn The rest of my body’s still bein operated on.”
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50. “I really should have fell but I stood.”
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51. “I love the attention but I don’t like too much of it.”
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52. “I’m standing on my Monopoly board that means I’m on top of my game.”
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53. “It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you.”
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54. “If there’s not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.”
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55. “My skin is too thick and bullet proof to touch me.”
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56. “I come from Detroit where it’s rough and I’m not a smooth talker.”
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57. “I always wished for this, but it’s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.”
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58. “I believe people can change, but only for the worse.”
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59. “But no matter how many fish in the sea, it’d be so empty without me.”
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60. “When I say I’ll murder my baby’s mother, maybe I wanted to but I didn’t. Anybody who takes it literally is 10 times sicker than I am.”
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61. “They call me superman, I’m here to rescue you.”
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62. “I’d rather die than you not be by my side.”
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63. “When I die, so does hip hop.”
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64. “I’m just a little bit sicker then the average individual I think.”
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65. “I don’t think that anything anyone has to say should ever be censored or unheard.”
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66. “Lose yourself in the music, the moment – you own it.”
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67. “See I’m a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.”
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68. “I’m not really book-smart.”
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69. “Question is, are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?”
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70. “My rhyming skills got you climbing hills, I’ll travel through your mind into your spine like siren drills.”
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71. “I’m not afraid to take a stand. Everybody come take my hand. We’ll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm. Just let you know that, you’re not alone. Holla if you feel that you’ve been down the same road.”
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72. “You can be a permanent fixture in my lyrical mixture.”
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73. “Never take ecstasy, beer, baccardi, weed, pepto bismol, vivarin, tums, tagamet hb, xanax, and valium in the same day. It makes it difficult to sleep at night.”
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74. “I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good.”
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75. “Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.”
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76. “Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I’ll wear it.”
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77. “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.”
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78. “Since age twelve, I’ve felt like I’m someone else,’cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt.”
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79. “Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.”
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80. “Follow me and do exactly what the song says, smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people, and drink, and jump behind the wheel like it was still illegal.”
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81. “A plaque and platinum status is whack if I’m not the baddest.”
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82. “Though I’m not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley. To do black music so selfishly, and use it to get myself wealthy.”
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83. “In the land of the killers, a sinner’s mind is a sanctum.”
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84. “I’d rather be 80-year-old me than 20-year-old you.”
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85. “I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don’t do things to shock people. I’m not trying to be the next Tupac, but I don’t know how long I’m going to be on this planet. So while I’m here, I might as well make the most of it.”
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86. “Nothing on ‘Relapse’ and very little on ‘Recovery’ was produced by me.”
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87. “I stopped watching TV because of ‘The Wire.’ Like, ‘The Wire’ ruined everything for me because I don’t even want to watch anything else now.”
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88. “I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don’t know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.”
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89. “Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.”
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90. “My only scheme was to be a rapper.”
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91. “I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.”
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92. “I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed.”
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93. “Believe it or not, I thank my mom for how she raised me in a neighborhood daily to jump and chase me. It only made me what I am today.”
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94. “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.”
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95. “Of course you don’t want your kids swearing. But remember how fun it was to cuss when you were in the first grade?”
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96. “I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want. It’s the new tolerant me!”
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97. “I make music to make you sick of fake music hate music like devil worshippin Satan music. So say your prayers your Hail Mary’s and Jesuses. Take two sticks, tape ’em together and make a crucifix.”
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98. “Had to give you a career to destroy it.”
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99. “Any MC who chooses to go up against me is getting taken advantage of like Monica Lewinski.”
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100. “A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I’m joking and when I’m serious.”
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