Eminem

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.' ”

These times are so hard, and they're getting even harder. ”

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me. ”

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

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down. ”

It's kind of like a challenge to myself to be able to hear somebody else's hook and kind of interpret the words. Because my own hooks, I already know what I mean when I write them. ”

Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto; I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now. ”

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

I was going to McDonald's and Taco Bell every day. The kids behind the counter knew me - it wouldn't even faze them. Or I'd sit up at Denny's or Big Boy and just eat by myself. It was sad. I got so heavy that people started to not recognize me. ”

The kids are old enough now - I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids. ”