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.
Imma be what I set out to be without a doubt undoubtedly.
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.
But no matter how many fish in the sea, itd be so empty without me.
You beef wit me, I'm-a even the score equally. Take you on Jerry Springer and beat your ass legally.
Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.
If we can hump dead animals and antelopes, there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope.
If that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine, I'm a break that birdie's neck.
Of all the albums I've made, I still don't feel like I've made the perfect album. I've had ones that touch on this, and others that touch on that, but never one that's just perfect and fully relevant. I don't know if I'll ever make it, but I'm certainly trying every day.
I did not know that I would grow to be my mothers evil seed and do these evil deeds.
Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.
Never take ecstasy, beer, baccardi, weed, pepto bismol, vivarin, tums, tagamet hb, xanax, and valium in the same day. It makes it difficult to sleep at night.
Life. . . by Marshall Mathers. . . What is life ? Life is like a big obstacle put in front of your optical to slow you down. . . And everytime you think you gotten past it It's gonna come back around and tackle you to the damn ground
Had a dream, I was King, I woke up, still King
I realize that some people see going away as, "Oh, he's irrelevant now," but I feel like if I don't go away, I get sick of myself. It's never been my thing to be in the spotlight all the time.
I will not fall, I will stand tall, feels like no one can beat me.
My pen and paper causes a chain reaction, to get your brain relaxing.
Touring used to be hard. Early on in my career when I was more in grind mode, I was doing two or three shows a day. It was tough because you start feeling like you have no life. That being said, I do enjoy actually doing the shows.
All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game. I'm at a boiling point. . . Anybody who pulls the race card is getting it right back in their face.
When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me.
I feel like a spoilt rapper. I get to pick and choose everything.