Eminem Quotes

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Eminem

Profession : Rapper

Birth : October 17, 1972

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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My only scheme was to be a rapper.

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I'm very much a creature of habit.

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You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I'm going to say it before they can. It's the best policy for me.

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

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I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'

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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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My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

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I didn't just invent saying offensive things.

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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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It's just hard to meet new people, in my position.

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Well, I'm working all the time to stay out of trouble!

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I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you're always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.

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It creeps me out sometimes to think of the person I was. I was a terrible person. I was mean to people.

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I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.

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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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Honestly, I never really put the mic down.

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Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

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Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

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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.

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