Top 100 Quotes About Eminem
#1. But, Eminem ... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That's when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat.
Alan Vega
#2. Rap to me is a modern blues. But until we really confront the truth, we are going to have a Tupac or Eminem or Biggie Smalls to remind us about it - and thank God.
Stevie Wonder
#3. Is My Son Marshall Myu son Eminem okay for an 11 year old to read? Why?
Debbie Nelson
#5. Every time I listen to Eminem, I fall in love with music all over again.
Hayley Williams
#6. Well, it's great that critics are comparing
me to Eminem, and not Vanilla Ice.
Uncle Kracker
#7. I never wanted to be known as a local rapper. Not downing anybody, but you know Gucci, that's cool to me, but I want to be massive. I want to be Kanye. I want to be Eminem.
Cyhi The Prynce
#8. You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man.
Curtis Jackson
#9. I started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery is sometimes funny, sometimes terrible, always painfully honest. The matching of Eminem and Rihanna on "Love the Way You Lie" is pure genius. "Not Afraid" is pretty great too.
Stephen King
#10. You won't hear a character's friend say this in a romantic comedy. Taylor Swift won't sing this, Eminem won't rap it, and Suzanne Collins won't write it, but it's true: just because you're "in love" with someone doesn't mean you should seriously consider marrying them.
Gary L. Thomas
#11. 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
#12. My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make me listen to it. There's some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious.
Harrison Ford
#13. Eminem has talent, and his talent is the thing that influences many young people who would have never gone anywhere near rap. White kids in different parts of the world use him as a barometer and the standard to live up to. In some ways, Eminem is an artist who has ushered in a new movement.
Chuck D
#14. After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.
Taryn Manning
#15. I've listened to Eminem rap. That's not daily fare for me, but I can't help but admire how vivid what he does is. My own taste goes a little more toward Norah Jones.
Lesley Gore
#16. Like my good friend Eminem the rapper says, you only get one shot.
Shaquille O'Neal
#17. Some of Eminem's rap songs kind of have the teenage love songs like the fifties love songs. It's kind of like domestic drama set to music. He is really good storyteller.
Bruce Dickinson
#18. 50 is Eminem's favourite rapper ... I'm my favourite rapper.
Kanye West
#19. I think Eminem should use Auto-Tune.
T-Pain
#20. You have to think outside the box! Can you imagine One Direction and Eminem?! That would be hilarious.
Niall Horan
#21. In honor of my goddaughter's christening, I will perform 'The Real Slim Shady,' by Eminem," he says confidently.
Sophie Kinsella
#22. Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world ... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.
Chubby Checker
#23. I'm a hard-mouthed northeastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.
Jamie Bell
#24. There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.
Russell Simmons
#25. I hear poetry whenever I turn on the radio. Eminem is a better poet than just about everybody. He's better than Billy Collins; he's better than Richard Wilbur; he's better than me.
Sherman Alexie
#26. The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations of Dr. Dre and Eminem.
Curtis Jackson
#27. In the past I've had public feuds with people, and I have really not benefited from any of them. The feud with Eminem did kind of torpedo my career in the United States, but it also introduced me to Middle America in a way I never could have conceived of.
Moby
#28. Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech.
Sara Blakely
#29. What if Eminem was black? would he have sold five mil.
Or would he be 1 out of 5 million rappers with no deal?
Fredro Starr
#30. That's something - you laugh about Eminem ... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics!
Alan Vega
#31. The great thing about Eminem is, he's just hysterical. You forget, people like Eminem because he is riotously funny. And he's a great actor.
Judd Apatow
#32. To be honest, and this comes out of left field, but I would love to do something with Jay-Z or Eminem. I have no limitations when it comes to the stuff I want to do musically. So to be able to do something like that I think would be really, really cool.
Corey Taylor
#33. I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.
LL Cool J
#34. I think I learned the most from Eminem because I spent the most time with him in the studio. Going to L.A. with Dre was a learning experience, just seeing how the dude works and being up-close and personal with a dude whose music I appreciated growing up.
Obie Trice
#35. These times are so hard, are they're getting even harder.
~ Eminem
Eminem
#36. Why people use "Was" I have heard some people to say "I was a smart kid at school - Eminem", but why "Was", was is a word for describing the past... which will mean that has started and ended... so what??? How to get it now? You aren't wise, are you?
Deyth Banger
#37. Pink Friday Eminem 8 Mile It must hurt to sell your album on Paypal
Nicki Minaj
#38. I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
Kat Dahlia
#39. Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.
Obie Trice
#40. Eminem is the greatest, ever.
Akon
#41. Lula had Eminem cranked up. He was rapping about trailer park girls and how they go round the outside, and I was wondering what the heck that meant. I'm a white girl from Trenton. I don't know these things. I need a rap
cheat sheet.
Janet Evanovich
#42. Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, "What is that junk?" Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It's the storytelling.
Larry Bird
#43. But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything in the last 30 years. Seeing people like Eminem sounding like somebody like Jay-Z and just the racial aspects of it all.
Michael Rapaport
#44. Humans have voids, and you need things to fill voids ... I didn't have a dad to fill that male model void, so when I heard Eminem or freaking seen Dave Chapelle, that's what I gravitated to.
Tyler, The Creator
#45. Nobody's gonna be bigger than Eminem.
Kanye West
#46. There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.
Evelyn Glennie
#47. I think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the same time. It's a good thing.
Ed Sheeran
#48. Eminem was the biggest rapper in the world, but I didn't know Eminem and I didn't know anybody who knew Eminem.
Big Sean
#49. I'm into the lyrical side of rap. I listen to some old Eminem songs and think, 'Wow, he's a genius.' He's one of the greatest poets of our time. Even when he's out of control, like on 'Cold Wind Blows,' it's incredible.
Phoebe Tonkin
#50. The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre.
Tablo
#51. Eminem is like the godfather of the hip-hop game,
Tony Yayo
#52. Slim Shady, Eminem was the old initials.
Eminem
#53. You know, I'm too old to be an Eminem guy, but I love the back beat of that song. And he walks into the Fox Theatre and a black gospel choir is rising in song. And he turns to the camera and says ...
David Maraniss
#54. My favorite song is Eminem's 'Rap God.' That joint is just incredible, It's six-and-a-half minutes of him just crushing the whole game. It's so different from what I hear if I listen to the radio.
Mekhi Phifer
#55. People who mock rap and say, "I don't like it" should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping, or Marshall, Eminem, when he's in the studio. It's a phenomenon. Don't knock it until you've seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don't ridicule it.
Elton John
#56. I will probably have sex with Eminem after the show is over. Probably, I dont see why I wouldnt. Im fair game, its not like Im that picky, youve seen the guys Ive dated. I like Swizz Beatz, just because I would like to yell out in bed, Swizz Beatz! Keep it coming!
Chelsea Handler
#57. There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
Ahmet Ertegun
#58. When Elton John sang a duet with the white rapper Eminem on a Grammy telecast, rap went mainstream. Massive parental headaches followed.
Bill O'Reilly
#59. You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.
Brittany Murphy
#60. When I was six, I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.
Nico Mirallegro
#61. Common would come to my house and give me a freestyle verse. I'd make a new beat for it and put it with something else. That's how I met Eminem - he came to my house back when he first started. He gave me a bunch of freestyles, and that's how we built a relationship. Everyone came to my house.
Clinton Sparks
#62. It would be great to see somebody like Kid Rock kissing a man. But I'm sure that he wouldn't like the prospect of it put to him, and I won't even go there with Eminem.
Robbie Williams
#63. Putting out a debut album is a bit scary - I want it to be just right, so I took some extra time to finish it. Eminem's increased involvement has been such a blessing; I'm getting guidance from an artist I really admire and trust.
Skylar Grey
#64. You're gonna laugh when I tell you this, man, but I'm starting to enjoy Eminem.
Alan Vega
#65. My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically make out besides myself and Adam Levine is Andre Dirrell.
Curtis Jackson
#66. I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing.
Obie Trice
#67. Eminem's rhyme patterns are super dope and he can squeeze a million words in a couple bars. Crazy creative. His voice changes alot though.
Chamillionaire
#68. Manual Lynn? Find out what that is. He wrote every single word in the play, and then everyone just rapped their parts. Imagine if like, Eminem wrote a play, that's what it sounded like to me.
Ryan Montgomery
#69. Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.
Willie Nelson
#70. I was obsessed with Eminem when I was younger. When he first came out I was about 12 and fanatical about his 'Slim Shady' CD. I think he's a genius.
Robert Pattinson
#71. I think that Eminem is very talented and remarkably bright, and I actually do like a lot of his music.
Moby
#72. People didn't really take white rappers seriously until Eminem, because he was better than everybody. Like female emcees, you need to be like Lauryn Hill or Nicki Minaj or killing everything before somebody takes you seriously.
Talib Kweli
#73. The truth is you do not know what is going to happen tomorrow. life is a crazy ride and nothing is guaranteed.
-Eminem
Eminem
#74. Before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.
Talib Kweli
#75. At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
Earl Sweatshirt
#76. I love listening to Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Eminem to get me fired up!
Gabby Douglas
#77. I found it incredibly disheartening that in the late '90s, suddenly pop culture became even more misogynistic and more homophobic, and so I criticized Eminem for having lyrics that were egregiously homophobic and egregiously misogynistic.
Moby
#78. I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.
J. Cole
#79. I only found out about Eminem getting on the track like a month ago. As if the song couldn't get any better. He just slays me, he's such a genius.
Hayley Williams
#80. I found it to be kind of ironic, because I'm white, therefore I'm appropriating culture, but then Eminem won it - who's white and won it many times - and they didn't seem to say anything about that. I suspect it was just because they dislike me.
Iggy Azalea
#81. I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored.
Kim Kardashian
#82. Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.
Obie Trice
#83. I love Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Katy Perry. They are all about being themselves and I love that.
Selena Gomez
#84. I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian alternative music. The next day I have on some dance music. It all varies what I listen to.
Steve Blake
#85. I mean, I'm a fan of Eminem. I'm a fan first and foremost. Maybe before I wouldn't have challenged him, but I'm contemplating it now.
Rick Ross
#86. Eminem found a legendary voucher in the form of Dr. Dre. He also perfected a unique performance style: as Sasha Frere-Jones wrote in "Haiku for Eminem" after the release of The Marshall Mathers LP, "The way you sound black/when you are conversating/but white when you rap.
Matthew Gasteier
#87. I've never met Eminem; you don't meet Eminem. He has his own secret service.
Chance The Rapper
#88. I like to quote Shakespeare. But in this case, the rapper Eminem said it best: Words are a motherfucker.
Jillian Keenan
#89. It's important for a man to know his limitations, and my limitations started at moving to Peckham and hanging around with yardies, postcode wannabes and those weird, skinny white kids who don't get the irony in Eminem.
Ben Aaronovitch
#90. Where's Eminem, when is Em coming out, Em this, Em that, 50 this, 50 that ... What about Obie?
Obie Trice
#91. Something is wrong with Eminem. He has so much in his mind that I almost feel lucky that he has music. I feel like he has so much in his head that music is such a great release for him. He is one of my favorite artists. Absolutely.
Rihanna
#92. When I started at the 'Guardian,' though, I couldn't think of anything we saw eye to eye on, except feminism, and even this would soon be arguable as 'Guardian' writers queued up to drool over Eminem.
Julie Burchill
#93. Don't ever try to judge me dude. You don't know what the fuck I've been through
Eminem
#94. If I said in one of my songs that my English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high, all I'm saying, is that I'm not gay, you know? People confuse the lyrics for me speaking my mind. I don't agree with that lifestyle, but if that lifestyle is for you, then it's your business.
Eminem
#95. I like it when people talk s**t. Because if people weren't talking s**t, there would be nothing for me to come back with. I need that. If I don't have any ammo, what am I going to say?
Eminem
#96. A plaque and platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest.
Eminem
#97. I just remembered that I'm absent minded ... wait, I mean I lost my mind, I can't find it.
Eminem
#98. The album requires a certain focus of mine that I can't really explain - let's just say it's all I can really do while I'm doing it.
Eminem
#99. It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober.
Eminem
#100. I find you offensive for finding me offensive
Eminem
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