Eminem faced a lot of challenges in trying to establish himself as an artist in the rap genre including racial prejudice. Through dogged determination and a refusal to quit, he rose to the top of the genre and is responsible for changing the face of the rap music industry.

Eminem Quotes - On Determination

"You can do anything you set your mind to, man" - Eminem

Eminem Quotes - On Life

"You have enemies? Good, that means you stood up for something." - Eminem

"You don't get another chance, Life is no Nintendo game" - Eminem

"Don’t do drugs, don’t have unprotected sex, don’t be violent. Leave that to me." - Eminem

"The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed." - Eminem

"I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing the stars." - Eminem

"Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned."- Eminem

Eminem Quotes - On Tolerance

"You'd have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes just to see what it's like to be me"A lot of truth is said in jest. - Eminem

Eminem Quotes - On Managing Fame

"Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found." - Eminem

"I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it." - Eminem

"... I'm standing on my Monopoly board that means I'm on top of my game..." - Eminem

“I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.”- Eminem

“Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.”

“I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything.”- Eminem

“It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening.”- Eminem

Eminem Quotes - On Rap Music & Racism

“Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.”- Eminem

“Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.”- Eminem

“Say there's 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 that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.”- Eminem

“When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap.”- Eminem

“Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person.”- Eminem

"I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that."- Eminem

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