Quotes About Dmx

#1. I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best that I can ... There a few of them ... DMX Party Up ... Mack 10 BC and Ice Cube Connected for Life. I also listen to the Eminem CD ... whichever song really gets me going that night

Michael Phelps

#2. I worked with Snoop, but I would love to work with him again, but DMX ... I would love to work with him as well ... I met him in Atlanta; I went to one of his concerts; I would love to do a song with him. I respect him and really like his music.

Bow Wow

#3. DMX wasn't checking what his fans were saying to him on Twitter or Facebook. Jay-Z is on a boat in Saint-Tropez. I'm hands-on. Girls write to me like I'm their diary. That's a huge responsibility. I don't take it for granted.

Theophilus London

#4. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don't want to hear LL trying to sound like DMX or whoever else is out there. That's not what they want to hear from me, because if they want to hear that they can go get the real thing.

LL Cool J

#5. When I was growing up, I saw the Aaliyah shirts, the DMX shirts, or the collab shirts with DMX and Aaliyah when they had a single together. Those were the dope collage shirts with their faces all over it. They were doing cool things like that.

ASAP Ferg

#6. I was born in the Chi fo sho' and raised there till I was like 15. I then went on the road with X [DMX] and then moved to New York. I've moved to L.A. since then. I really have been bouncing around since 15.

Yung Berg

#7. DMX was just one of the figures that I thought no one could ever be better than. I used to look up to him so much. The bikes, the dogs, that's where I come from.

ASAP Ferg

#8. I really was very impressed with DMX during the whole experience on 'Romeo Must Die.' I like working with him. I liked him. And I was very impressed with the reaction of the audience when he was in the picture.

Joel Silver

#9. DMX Death Threats Gun Death: 35, Generic Threat: 20, Beat Up to Death: 6, Non-Gun Weapon: 5, Robbery Death: 2, Death by Truth: 1 "Niggas wanna lie/Then niggas wonder why/Niggas wanna die" There are 69 death threats on DMX's It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

Shea Serrano

#10. When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and T.I. - dudes that went all out on the track. My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy.

Meek Mill

#11. You gave us power in our words, so I think before I speak, and that way when I speak, they know I'm here to teach.

DMX

#12. I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.

DMX

#13. My mother, my father, I love 'em, I hate 'em, wish god I didnt have 'em, but thank god that he made 'em

DMX

#14. I'm a personal type of person. I'll speak when I have something to say, not 'cause someone just wants to know something.

DMX

#15. I like L.A., I like the fans, I like to come out here to work.

DMX

#16. The places that ive been, the things that i have seen - what you have as nightmares, are what i have as dreams.

DMX

#17. I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

DMX

#18. Let em' know that amidst all the confusion; some of us may do the winnin but..
We all do the losin, it's just who does the choosin

DMX

#19. Don't believe everything you hear, don't believe everything you read and only believe half of what you see

DMX

#20. You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

DMX

#21. My fans need me. I need me.

DMX

#22. No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

DMX

#23. One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.

DMX

#24. Niggas tried to holla, but couldn't holla back
Now they gots to swallow, everything in the sack.

DMX

#25. You showed me everything was black cause my eyes were closed.

DMX

#26. When you happy, you get locked in sleep. You get sleepy happy. I always wanna be on point. I always wanna be aware.

DMX

#27. Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.

DMX

#28. I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.

DMX

#29. The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

DMX

#30. You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here actually hang out with regular people?

DMX

#31. Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.

DMX

#32. There shouldn't be any violence in hip-hop. You're getting free clothes. Basically, it's free money.

DMX

#33. The minute you get too big to mop a floor or wipe a counter, that's the exact minute you have life f**ked up.

DMX

#34. There's a difference between violence and senseless violence.

DMX

#35. I'm used to driving fast; I'm a New Yorker.

DMX

#36. Men, we don't get much, as far as holidays go - Father's Day.

DMX

#37. I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

DMX

#38. You don't come to terms with something before you do it. It's only after you've done it that you realize, you know, maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. Sometimes you gotta fall down to know the feeling to get up.

DMX

#39. The truth doesn't change. It was the same when Moses got the Ten Commandments as it is today. That's the thing about the truth. That's the thing about real. It doesn't change and it doesn't have to change. Now you can put it in a different book, but it's still real. It's still the truth.

DMX

#40. I'm still the same. That's why the fans love me. Because they need stability in the industry.

DMX

#41. An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

DMX

#42. I am highly favored by God, I experience great victories, supernatural turnarounds, and miraculous breakthroughs in the midst of great impossibilities.

DMX

#43. I'm a blessing to whoever gets to really know me.

DMX

#44. The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease.

DMX

#45. When I'm at home, I don't discuss business. I don't talk business. I don't answer the phone. It's just me, my wife, my children, my dogs. That's my world.

DMX

#46. I want 'Flesh Of My Flesh' to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world.

DMX

#47. A lot of artists that I've met let me know they're huge fans of mine.

DMX

#48. In my heart I mean well. But if you help me to grow, then what I have in my heart will begin to show.

DMX

#49. I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

DMX

#50. It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

DMX

#51. I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.

DMX

#52. I'm not the mixtape guy who's gonna put out a new one every month. I'm gonna allow my albums to marinate and resonate and whatever type of 'ates' they can do. I'm gonna let my music grow on them.

DMX

#53. Do the right thing cause after the tears come the cheers.

DMX

#54. One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

DMX

#55. Times are hard in the ghetto, I gotta steal for a living;
Eating turkey-flavored Now & Laters for Thanksgiving.

DMX

#56. Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did.

DMX

#57. Nas is the only person whose concert I been to.

DMX

#58. Somebody's upset with every movie.

DMX

#59. If your heart was as big as your mouth you'd be real.

DMX

#60. I paint the walls with his blood.

DMX

#61. The toughest guys have the biggest hearts. The biggest hearts - because they have to be tough to protect it.

DMX

#62. I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

DMX

#63. Nothing we can't handle, break it up and dismantle.

DMX

#64. The truth is undeniable. You tell somebody the truth, it's undeniable.

DMX

#65. Be careful of the ones that always wanna get you high, cause when the time comes, that one'll let you die.

DMX

#66. I'm not going to star in every one of my movies. But I'm telling you [pounds fists] what I will bring to this film industry is the same thing I brought to the record industry when I came into it. Realism. Uncompromised, unconditional dog love.

DMX

#67. When I was a kid, nobody in my family had a car. And I didn't have many toys. The only toys I had were the ones I would steal.

DMX

#68. Just because someone raps, doesn't mean that's all they can do. A lot of people are multi-talented.

DMX

#69. I'll repent one day, just not right now.

DMX

#70. I'm not an industry artist - I'm an artist in the industry.

DMX

#71. Look in my eyes, see what I see Do what I do, be what I be Walk in my shoes, hurt your feet Then know why I do dirt in the street.

DMX

#72. Never become so involved with something that it blinds you.
Never forget where you from; someone will remind you.

DMX

#73. I was always a winner, but just didn't know it.

DMX

#74. I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.

DMX

#75. My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.

DMX

#76. My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it ... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.

DMX

#77. With the Lord behind us they're ain't nothing we can't do.

DMX

#78. I can forgive, I just can't forget.

DMX

#79. I used to do the beat box. A friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, and he's gettin' all the attention and I'd end up with a handful of spit, you know, from doing the beats.

DMX

#80. I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.

DMX

#81. I think I'm gonna wear Timberlands until I die, man. They may not be the hottest thing out, but Timbs keep reinventing themselves.

DMX

#82. Anything that's not positive, I don't have the energy to focus on it. Anything that's not going in the right direction, I don't have the time or the energy.

DMX

#83. The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog ...
How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?

DMX

#84. Any performance I do, I give 110 percent.

DMX

#85. I been the same dude my whole life.

DMX

#86. I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.

DMX

#87. My birth was a blessing. Sent to live and die on Earth; it's a blessing. We each have a star; all you have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone sees it, you won't be blinded.

DMX

#88. Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.

DMX

#89. I need to say what's in my heart, and you call it a style

DMX

#90. To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up their dress styles and all that, but since Run DMC came out, it's been baggy jeans.

DMX

#91. I'm not the average artist.

DMX

#92. I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.

DMX

#93. I stand before you a weekend version of your reflection begging for direction, for my soul needs resurrection.

DMX

#94. I don't like anything about Drake.

DMX

#95. I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'

DMX

#96. Some people buy records just to dance to 'em. Some people buy records to listen to the radio. And there's people that buy records 'cause they listen to every song.

DMX