Marshall Bruce Mathers III (Eminem) Quotes
The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
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What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like that person, and then put in a huge amount of myself.
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Well we never set out to write a concept album. I've always used song writing as a therapeutic release so in that process, I just do my best to be honest with myself and look inside myself and whatever comes out usually just reflects or depicts what I'm going through in my life at that time.
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The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'.
