I need drama in my life to keep making music.

— 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

It feels good to have your work respected again.

— Eminem

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

— Eminem

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.

— Eminem

Let me remind you of what got me this far, picture me quitting, now draw a circle around it and put a line through it, SL#t!

— Eminem

Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil

— Eminem

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

— 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

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