Eminem Quotes

There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.

It seems to me that the surest way to remove from the stage really undesirable plays, is for the public to refuse to go to see them. Censorship by law has always seemed to me too difficult and complicated where art of any kind is concerned.

Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly programmed into our hard drive. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed.

I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely what I want to say with my art.

Aesthetic freedom is like free speech; it is, indeed, a form of free speech.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

In this Nation every writer, actor, or producer ... should be free from the censor.

Performance artists in a free society have the right to do the most extraordinary and bizarre things. That’s called ‘Freedom of Speech.’

We do not fear censorship for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue—the same liberty that is conceded to the art of the written word, that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.

One thing that N.W.A did, as Larry Flynt did before them, was to expand the boundaries of our reliance upon the good sense of the people to determine what's right and what isn't, what's obscene and what isn't, and what's immoral and what isn't.

Art is where we make a stand. If we don't make it there, freedom of expression is lost for everyone - for artists, for journalists, and for everyday people.

Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

No one has to come see my shows who doesn't like me talking about white Christians. They are free not buy a ticket. They're free to leave at any time. So I'm not imposing anything on anyone. Therefore I feel free to cross the line.

Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal.

Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.

My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.

Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate.

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

You know I've had work banned.

If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity, that's when things get bent.

Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.

Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.

With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.

My work is my way of expressing myself without being arrested.