I don't want to feel like the cool kid in the crowd who doesn't want to do what the artist's saying. I want to be so in awe of the artist that I'm literally jumping up and down, even if I've got on brand new Louboutins.

Before I even started listening to rap music, I was really into metal and punk.

Every time I've partnered with WWE, we've managed to pull off something extraordinary, but to be a part of the Tribute to the Troops special is definitely the highlight.

It's awesome to have a brand like Reebok support what you stand for as well as your creative vision, and I'm excited to show you what a Reebok and Machine Gun Kelly collaboration is all about.

I've always been a fan of the Club C sneaker because it's super clean and timeless. It's one of those kicks that's been in the street scene forever - more than 30 years.

I'm here to make an impact on the kids who truly care.

It's an honor to step onstage and celebrate the service and sacrifices of our soldiers.

I respect all grandpas around the world doin' it big.

I think me and Macklemore exist in two different worlds.

You can't tell my fans that there's a better rapper than Machine Gun Kelly... Hands down, there's no way I'm not in the top five.

I'd say I did a lot of what I did with songs like 'At My Best' was because of the influence of my daughter.

I'm not just a great white rapper. I'm a great rapper.

I don't believe in hopping from one social issue to the next to be a part of the movement for a moment. Anything I'm involved in is something that I would die for. I can't support things that don't feel genuine.

I knew so many people were coming up to me because they knew who I was, not because they were fans of my music. That bothered me because I don't want to be a celebrity; I want to be an artist.

I feel like a celebrity is someone who sits and takes pictures with people 'cause they love themselves and how they look and how people look at them. But I just want to be regular and respected for my artistry because music doesn't necessarily have a face.

I'm a storyteller.

There's something about America's sweetheart and America's bad boy. That juxtaposition is what everyone desires.

I think more like an entertainer rather than just a rapper. My overall goal is to never be listed as just a rapper. You know how Michael Jackson was listed as a great entertainer? That's what I want to be.

The thing I stress to my fans is that I've been making big, universally friendly-type music for a long time now. I never really made underground music.

Every night, we put on shows that are deteriorating our bodies' life span... we don't do it for it all to be in vain.

I think that me as a person, and as a personality, even my name alone, 'Machine Gun Kelly' - it is very loud, and it says a lot.

I love looking at pictures of me in 2012-2017, because every single one of those Machine Gun Kellys looks different.

I don't think that my music without pain is good music - and I wouldn't know, because I haven't made any music without pain.

With anything that happens in Cleveland, I always get involved.

I was never supposed to get a record deal - that's one in a million.

I don't think having a conservative mind in 2012 is a cool thing.

I was picked on a lot as a kid because of the way I dressed. Metal and punk music got me through that. I know a lot of people don't understand it, but I love metal.

I listened to Korn and Limp Bizkit and that whole era of heavy music.

When the universe throws something your way, or things happen, I'm one of those people that goes with it, and I don't fight it.

A lot of time, my inspiration comes from pain: growing pains, hunger pains, or money pains.

My memory stops at 14.

I'm known as a voice for a generation of people that don't have a voice.

I have so many accomplishments under my belt.

I sell out shows. My performance is top-tier.

The normal MGK reaction that everyone expects is for me to be angry and go off, because my history shows that's the type of attitude I'm bringing to the table.

I'm not one of those acts where it's, like, this mainstream person, where the average white kid at Harvard University is like, 'It's educational tonight. Let's all go out there and spend Dad's money.'

I've graced almost every stage in N.Y., from Webster Hall to Gramercy Theater to Best Buy.

When I came into the industry, and as I continue to be in it, part of my authenticity is the fact that I speak my mind.

My view on music and the way that it's portrayed is that it's a religion.

I'm from Cleveland. I don't have any famous parents. I don't have any media training, I don't have a history in the industry to where I would have any preconceived notions of how I'm supposed to be.

Doing 'Roadies' was a big release for me. I play this character named Wes who's the most pure, innocent form of who I was when I was eighteen searching for something.

I'm very personal with my music, and it takes a piece of your heart away every time you record that in the studio. So you only have so many pieces of your heart to give away.

I think the artist community is very tight-knit.

'Cleveland' went viral, but it didn't necessarily pop. I didn't have that support. I didn't have a deal when I made 'Cleveland' or anything like that.

There really are a lot of stereotypes I fight.

There's blackballing involved with Machine Gun Kelly, a lot of confusion about who I am as an artist. But that's so small in the wake of someone like Nelson Mandela.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care anymore what people think about me. I'm just gonna be me.

Imogen Poots loves music to death and can literally name 300 bands that she listens to, that you've never heard. She's so heavy into the underground music scene. When she's speaking on music, she means it.

I'm trying to be the Dr. Dre of Cleveland.

To be considered for the hottest breakthrough MC of 2011, it's obviously an honor, but I want to be the hottest.