Marshall Bruce Mathers III, better known to the world and in the musical sphere as Eminem, is an American rapper, music producer and actor; He is also known as ‘Slim Shady’, an alter ego coined in honor of his first recording album.
Not only has he obtained different recognitions for his musical career, but he also won an Oscar for best song, thanks to his single ‘Lose Yourself’ from the film ‘8 Miles’ in which he was the protagonist.
In this article you will find a compilation of Eminem’s best phrases both from the lyrics of his songs and from his statements to the media.
If you want to know this rapper’s way of thinking, keep reading; This is a selection of the most interesting Eminem quotes.
1. My only goal was to become a rapper.
A goal that he achieved until it became part of his life.
2. Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and closed.
You don’t need to have many friends, but loyal friends.
3. You have to find that inner strength and get it out of yourself by any means necessary.
It costs, but it is not impossible.
4. When I say or do something, I do it. I don’t care what you think about me. I do all this for me.
Do things to please yourself.
5. You don’t get another chance in life. Life is not a Nintendo game.
You can’t restart your life.
6. You can do anything your mind wants.
The mind has no limits.
7. A normal life is boring.
Everyone has their perception of a normal life.
8. Success is my only option, not failure.
Having a fixed mission.
9. If you are the father, be a father. Do you know what I mean? I am a father. I have daughters.
Always being present in the lives of his daughters.
10. Each album reflects what I am going through or what is happening in my life at that moment.
Placing his personal life in his art.
11. It doesn’t matter how much you want to lie down and not get up again.
There are times when we want to give up.
12. I used to go to McDonald’s and Taco Bell every day. But the guys at the bar started recognizing me and I couldn’t face it.
The price of the fame. Losing intimacy.
13. You have to look for that inner strength, and get everything bad out of you.
When you get the bad out of your life, you make room for better opportunities to come.
14. I’ve always wanted this, but it’s becoming more of a nightmare than a dream.
Sometimes success becomes a heavy burden.
15. If people take any of my music, it should be a motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working and don’t go backwards.
Perseverance is the key to any success.
16. To the people I forgot, you weren’t on my mind for some reason and you probably don’t deserve any thanks anyway.
People who don’t bring anything good to our lives must leave.
17. Nobody likes to fail. I want to be successful in everything I do, which is not much.
Failures always have a bad taste in your mouth.
18. I don’t care if you are black, white, straight, gay, lesbian, tall, skinny, rich or poor. If you are nice to me I will be nice to you. It’s that simple.
Kindness has nothing to do with our characteristics.
19. Rap was my drug, when I had to turn to other things that made me feel that way.
A favorable addiction.
20. God gave you shoes in your size, so put them on and wear them.
You can handle all those obstacles that surround you.
21. I’m not the only one who feels what I feel. I think a lot of people can see themselves in my shit, whether they’re black or white, it doesn’t matter.
Music has no preferences.
22. My album is not for small children to listen to. It has a warning sticker and you must be over 18 to obtain it.
Placing a disclaimer for your album.
23. Love is just a word, except when you start to define it.
What love means to him.
24. Do you have enemies? Well, that means you defended something tooth and nail.
Don’t let yourself be defeated by those who want to see you fall.
25. I am standing, I am going to face my demons, I am preparing, I am going to stand my ground.
Recognizing that we have a problem is the first step.
26. People can try to reinvent themselves.
Everything changed can be positive to improve.
27. Sometimes you just have to let shit go and say ‘Screw it’ and move on.
There are things that you simply have to put aside to move on.
28. Everything I have said, I was certainly feeling at the time.
He has never hidden his feelings.
29. Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.
A blow that almost knocked him down.
30. I think my first album opened many doors to push freedom of expression to the limit.
The importance that his first album left.
31. When dealing with those who stab you in the back, I learned one thing. They are only powerful when you turn your back.
There will always be people who want to humiliate you because they consider you a threat.
32. Don’t you dare judge me: you have no idea what I’ve been through.
No one knows the personal struggles of the other. That is why we must be kind.
33. You can do whatever you want with your life. It just depends on how you drive it.
Do whatever you want as long as it doesn’t hurt innocent people.
34. Behind every successful person there is always a small group of haters.
There will always be those who envy you for everything you have achieved.
35. Get the necessary motivation not to give up and not be defeatist; It doesn’t matter how much you want to break down and collapse.
A difficult but necessary process to move forward.
36. Sometimes I feel like rap could be the key to ending racism.
Do you think this could be true?
37. I will be what I set out to be, without a doubt I will achieve it.
And what do you want to be?
38. Sometimes I am really good, but sometimes I can be a very bad person. I think all people in the world are like that.
Nobody is completely good or bad.
39. I can’t sit and wallow, in my own grief, but I know one fact: I will be a tough act to follow.
You can only get up or continue lying on the floor.
40. We sing for these children who have nothing.
Being an example of improvement.
41. I didn’t have anything that really meant to me, school, a home… nothing until I found that something I loved, music. And that changed me forever.
Something that marked a before and after in his life.
42. My writing process, the way I create my lyrics; I just write down everything that comes out of the rhythm I’m feeling.
Your personal process for writing.
43. Personally I think that rap is the best there is.
Showing all his love for rap.
44. I can’t tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it really feels like.
There are things that cannot be explained.
45. We walk together on this path, through the storm, no matter the weather. Cold or hot.
Together at all times.
46. Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I’ll have to write something, and the next thing I know, I’ve written an entire song in an hour.
Songs that start as a long idea in the mind.
47. Life is too short and I don’t have time to sit around just wasting.
The attitude we should have in life.
48. The legend of the angry blonde will be kept in your memory and in your heart when I am gone.
A mark that will never be erased.
49. You only have one shot, don’t miss your chance to shine because the opportunity only comes once in a lifetime.
Life is short to waste it.
50. I do say things that can impress people, I think. But I don’t do things that surprise them in a bad way.
The path to success is not always rosy.
51. That’s why we hold on to the moment, trying to freeze it and possess it, squeeze it and hold it, because we consider those moments golden. And maybe you’ll understand when we’re gone.
The reason why we can’t let go of certain memories.
52. Wear my shoes, just to see what it feels like to be like me.
No one can judge you if they have not put themselves in your position.
53. Nobody asked for life to give us this hand of cards that we carry, but we must play it ourselves and turn them over without waiting for help.
Fight with the weapons you have available.
54. If I could get it all back now, I wouldn’t. I would have done more shit that people said I shouldn’t.
It is the way in which we recover from our adversities that we build the future.
55. I try to treat all the money I earn as if it were the last time I will do it.
A very good way to treat money.
56. I don’t think I’ve ever read poetry. I’m not really book smart.
A habit that did not reach him.
57. Guns are bad, I assure you.
There is nothing good about using weapons.
58. There was a time when I thought: “Damn, if I had been born black, I wouldn’t have to go through all this.”
About the contempt he received for being a white rapper.
59. My father? I never met him. I haven’t even seen a picture of it.
About not having a father figure around.
60. I have learned not to get angry about everything and to value what I should feel grateful for.
A very healing change of attitude.
61. There is no mountain I can’t climb, no tower too high and no plane I can’t learn to fly.
If you are confident, you can go as far as you want.
62. Sometimes I act as if nothing bad affects me; If I let negativity take over me, then my insecurities could eat me alive.
A tactic that is necessary to employ.
63. It feels good to have your work respected again.
Showing pride in what you do.
64. Music is a reflection of the being.
An essential part of being human.
65. I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There is no in between. People will love you or hate you for it.
That is why there are times when we should not listen to others.
66. It was my decision to cleanse myself, I did it for me. Admittedly, I probably did it subliminally for you.
The only person who can free you from your demons is yourself.
67. Each part reveals a stage of my life that was or a stage of my life that is right now.
Putting a little of himself in his songs.
68. I have become a happier person, instead of continuing to hate myself.
A great advance in your life.
69. Much of the truth is told in jest.
Many true things are expressed through comedy.
70. When you’re a little kid, you don’t notice color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind.
Racism is learned.
71. No one knows that I am cold, walk this path alone. It’s no one’s fault but mine, it’s the path I’ve chosen to follow.
To move forward sometimes it is necessary to do so alone.
72. I will be you, let’s change our shoes just to know what it would be like to feel your pain, and feel mine, to enter other minds just to see what the shit that others see is like.
Putting ourselves in the position of the other allows us to empathize.
73. Maybe I made mistakes in the past because I’m only human, but I’m man enough to stand up to them now.
The most important thing is that we do the right thing when faced with our mistakes.
74. I’m a little weird about making new friends.
Showing your introversion.
75. Maybe one day we will wake up and this will just be a dream.
How do we know if all this is real?
76. Somewhere deep inside me there is a decent man, he just can’t see him.
For some, it is difficult to show that light that is within us.
77. In my opinion, I am a fighter, my heart is lighter, my soul is the fluid. My flow causes it.
A fighter who earned his success.
78. It is better that you lose yourself in the music, this moment is better if you own it, it is better if you never let it go.
Power of music.
79. I may talk about killing people in my songs, but that doesn’t mean I do it.
It’s just a metaphor about seeking revenge.
80. If you look in the dashboard of my car you will find a rap record or tape. That’s all I buy, all I live, all I listen to, all I love.
The musical genre he loves the most.
81. As soon as I hear the rhythm, what I want to write about comes to mind almost immediately.
How it flows with the music.
82. I don’t think I’ve ever considered myself Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little…
People’s support is important for our confidence.
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83. I am who I am and I say what I think. I don’t make a face for the record.
Always being honest even if it brings you problems.
84. Shit… How much damage can you do with a pencil?
We must always be careful with our words.
85. The moment I used my adversities to my advantage, my career skyrocketed.
The power of using our problems to our advantage.
86. I do it because I can. I can because I want to. I want to because you said I couldn’t.
Demonstrating his value to those who did not believe in him.
87. If you had an opportunity, to take advantage of what you always wanted at this very moment, would you take it or let it slip away?
What would be your decision?
88. I don’t want to be the next Túpac, but I don’t know how long I’ll be on this planet either. So while I’m here, I’ll do the best I can with my time.
Leaving your own mark.
89. Don’t let them tell you that you are not beautiful. They can go to hell: be true to yourself. Be proud of who you are, always.
People throw hate at what they envy.
90. I was poor white trash, dull, unglamorous, but I’m not ashamed of anything.
Another form of racism.
91. I was a smart boy, but I hated school.
A situation that many young people share.
92. I am who I am and I say what I think. She made it clear that I am not going to show my face.
Don’t be afraid to express yourself.
93. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a strange movie, you know, everything is so strange that sometimes I wonder if it’s really happening.
Without believing the direction his life has taken.
94. I don’t hate women, they just make me angry sometimes.
A problem that leads to the wrong side.
95. Now that I understand that I am an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I understand.
A recognition that led him to be grateful for what he has.
96. The truth does not guarantee tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
That’s why you should take advantage of every opportunity you have.
97. I don’t think you can really change who you are, because who you are is pretty much where you come from and what you’ve done so far.
Your actions are what determine your identity.
98. In the land of murderers the mind of a sinner is a sacred place.
Twisted minds praising each other.
99. That doesn’t mean younger kids can’t get it, but I’m not responsible for every kid out there. I’m not a role model, and I don’t pretend to be.
Doing their part in clarifying that their music is not children’s content.
100. Everyone has been through some shit, whether drastic or not so drastic.
Each person evaluates their problems differently.
101. Be yourself and be proud of being like that. And even though it sounds corny, never let them say you’re not beautiful.
Be proud of who you are.
102. Now it’s rap that gets me up again.
About his passion for rap.
103. You would have to walk 1000 miles in my shoes, just to see what it’s like to be like me.
Nobody knows our struggle.
104. But the things that I am really passionate about, if I don’t achieve them, if I don’t succeed, what do I have?
Obsessed with always being successful.
105. The fact that my best friends were black never became an issue until I was a teenager and started rapping.
Little ones don’t understand racism.
106. If there is no drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be boring.
Using his experiences as musical inspiration.
107. I went to Denny’s or Big Boy to eat alone. It was a really sad image. I gained so much weight that people began to stop recognizing me.
A very dark moment in his life.
108. Don’t use drugs, don’t have unprotected sex, don’t be violent, leave that to me.
A warning about the danger of risky behavior.
109. Everyone has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everyone has been at a point in their life where no one believed in them.
Many successful people achieved their goals without having anyone’s support.
110. I always say this about my music, and music in general: Music is like a time capsule.
