Quotes by Eminem

A lot of truth is said in jest.

Trust is hard to come by. Thats why my circle is small and tight. Im kind of funny about making new friends.

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, its kind of a lifestyle and its easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyones doing a certain thing... Its tough.

I was going to McDonalds and Taco Bell every day. The kids behind the counter knew me - it wouldnt even faze them. Or Id sit up at Dennys or Big Boy and just eat by myself. It was sad. I got so heavy that people started to not recognize me.

Id go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

I dont think Ive ever read poetry, ever.

I dont think Ive ever read poetry, ever. Im not really book-smart.

The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.

People can try to reinvent themselves. I dont think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what youve done up to now.

I didnt have nothin going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

Say theres a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what thats saying is that hes living a fantasy life of rebellion.

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

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

“Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil”