DMX Quotes

With the Lord behind us they're ain't nothing we can't do.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

The truth doesn't change. It was the same when Moses got the Ten Commandments as it is today. That's the thing about the truth. That's the thing about real. It doesn't change and it doesn't have to change. Now you can put it in a different book, but it's still real. It's still the truth.

The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog ...
How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?

I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.

Never become so involved with something that it blinds you.
Never forget where you from; someone will remind you.

I used to do the beat box. A friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, and he's gettin' all the attention and I'd end up with a handful of spit, you know, from doing the beats.

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

Times are hard in the ghetto, I gotta steal for a living;
Eating turkey-flavored Now & Laters for Thanksgiving.

I need to say what's in my heart, and you call it a style

I'm not the average artist.

I been the same dude my whole life.

I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.

The minute you get too big to mop a floor or wipe a counter, that's the exact minute you have life f**ked up.

I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.

I like L.A., I like the fans, I like to come out here to work.

Do the right thing cause after the tears come the cheers.

I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.

My birth was a blessing. Sent to live and die on Earth; it's a blessing. We each have a star; all you have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone sees it, you won't be blinded.

I was always a winner, but just didn't know it.

Somebody's upset with every movie.

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.

I don't like anything about Drake.

Niggas tried to holla, but couldn't holla back
Now they gots to swallow, everything in the sack.

I'm not going to star in every one of my movies. But I'm telling you [pounds fists] what I will bring to this film industry is the same thing I brought to the record industry when I came into it. Realism. Uncompromised, unconditional dog love.

I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

I'll repent one day, just not right now.

The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.

There shouldn't be any violence in hip-hop. You're getting free clothes. Basically, it's free money.

My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it ... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.

You showed me everything was black cause my eyes were closed.

Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.

I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

I'm not the mixtape guy who's gonna put out a new one every month. I'm gonna allow my albums to marinate and resonate and whatever type of 'ates' they can do. I'm gonna let my music grow on them.

I can forgive, I just can't forget.

In my heart I mean well. But if you help me to grow, then what I have in my heart will begin to show.

The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease.

There's a difference between violence and senseless violence.

You don't come to terms with something before you do it. It's only after you've done it that you realize, you know, maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. Sometimes you gotta fall down to know the feeling to get up.

The toughest guys have the biggest hearts. The biggest hearts - because they have to be tough to protect it.

If your heart was as big as your mouth you'd be real.

I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

Anything that's not positive, I don't have the energy to focus on it. Anything that's not going in the right direction, I don't have the time or the energy.

You gave us power in our words, so I think before I speak, and that way when I speak, they know I'm here to teach.

I think I'm gonna wear Timberlands until I die, man. They may not be the hottest thing out, but Timbs keep reinventing themselves.

Let em' know that amidst all the confusion; some of us may do the winnin but..
We all do the losin, it's just who does the choosin

I'm still the same. That's why the fans love me. Because they need stability in the industry.

Just because someone raps, doesn't mean that's all they can do. A lot of people are multi-talented.

You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here actually hang out with regular people?

Nas is the only person whose concert I been to.

It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

I'm used to driving fast; I'm a New Yorker.