Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and actor.
Slim Shady, Eminem was the old initials.
I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?
I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm not trying to be the next Tupac, but I don't know how long I'm going to be on this planet. So while I'm here, I might as well make the most of it.
I try not to look at it that way. Being white. I don't wake up every day and look in the mirror, 'Oh. I'm white'.
Told me my tape taught them to swear. What about the make-up you allow your 12 year old daughter to wear?
I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.
Despite what I say in my songs, its never okay for a man to put his hands on a female.
Britney Spears has shoulders like a man.
Sometimes I'm real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that.
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.
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.
I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically.
I need to keep working on myself for a while.
A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house. '
Love is evil, spell it backwards, I’ll show ya.
The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
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.
You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.
My rhyming skills got you climbing hills, I'll travel through your mind into your spine like siren drills.
I don't need a tank top to be a wife beater