Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Eminem Quotes
PovertyStereotypesFriendshipUpbringingPerseverance 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.
PurposePassionTalentIdentity 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.
ParentingResponsibility If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.
FamilyDisappointmentExpectation My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood.
UnderstandingEmpathyEqualitySelf-WorthRace 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.
HonestySelf-ExpressionDirectnessAuthenticity My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.
ConfidenceSelf-AdvocacyParental GuidanceSupport 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.
CreativityInspirationWritingSpontaneity 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.
TelevisionPreferenceEntertainment 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.
JourneyReflectionHumility Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.
TrustFriendshipSelectivity Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.
Music ProductionAttributionOwnership Nothing on 'Relapse' and very little on 'Recovery' was produced by me.
WisdomFinancial ResponsibilityForesight 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.
Self-PerceptionHumilityExternal PerceptionInfluence 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.
IdentityChangePast 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.
All or NothingIntensitySelf-awareness I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'
Self-AwarenessVulnerabilityProactivityAuthenticitySelf-Acceptance 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.
MotivationPossibilityPerseveranceDeterminationHard Work If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.
AuthenticityHonestyResilienceOrigin I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.
PracticeConsistencySkill MaintenanceDiligence As for my stuff, I'm just doing guest verses for other people's records. I try to stay recording, because if I don't, I get rusty.
ChallengeInterpretationSelf-awarenessUnderstanding It's kind of like a challenge to myself to be able to hear somebody else's hook and kind of interpret the words. Because my own hooks, I already know what I mean when I write them.
Financial ResponsibilityPrudenceMindfulness I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.
MusicSelf-ExpressionReflectionLife Experiences 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.
LearningGrowthDiscernmentResilience Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge.
Hip-HopLearningTechniqueInfluence Being a student of hip-hop in general, you take technical aspects from places. You may take a rhyme pattern or flow from Big Daddy Kane or Kool G Rap.
ResilienceAdaptabilityProblem Solving Five or six songs leaked from the original version of 'Encore.' So I had to go in and make new songs to replace them.
RealityPerceptionStrangenessDoubtWonder It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening.
BetrayalVigilanceStrength Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.
Inner DriveResilienceUniqueness Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.
CompetitionSelf-PromotionSuperiority Hip hop has always been braggin' and boasting and 'I'm better at you than this' and 'I'm better at you than that.'
DreamRealityDisappointmentChallenge I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.
RebellionYouthIdentityRaceMusic There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that I am white, and you know, this is predominantly black music, you know.
MusicTherapySelf-LoathingWell-being 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.
PrivilegeAbundanceGratitudeLife of Ease I feel like a spoilt rapper. I get to pick and choose everything.
IdentityPerceptionRealityTruth I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.
InstabilityHardshipSingle ParentResilience I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.
Self-AwarenessInner StrengthOvercoming NegativityResiliencePersonal Growth I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?
ResponsibilityLeadershipAccountabilityMentorshipPurpose It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.