A biography for DMXhasn’t been written yet.
“I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.”
“Some people buy records just to dance to 'em. Some people buy records to listen to the radio. And there's people that buy records 'cause they listen to every song.”
“My fans need me. I need me.”
“I been the same dude my whole life.”
“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.”
“My relationship with God has gotten so much stronger. He's always had his hand on me. He always guided me. I didn't always go where he wanted me to go. But He always had me. Now that I'm actually listening and being obedient, life is so much better.”
“When I'm at home, I don't discuss business. I don't talk business. I don't answer the phone. It's just me, my wife, my children, my dogs. That's my world.”
“I'm not the average artist.”
“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.”
“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 want 'Flesh Of My Flesh' to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world.”
“I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.”
“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.”
“Somebody's upset with every movie.”
“I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.”
“When I was a kid, nobody in my family had a car. And I didn't have many toys. The only toys I had were the ones I would steal.”
“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.”
“An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.”
“One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.”
“Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.”