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.

The people who are bullying you, they're insecure about who they are, and that's why they're bullying you. It never has to do with the person they're bullying. They desperately want to be loved and be accepted, and they go out of their way to make people feel unaccepted so that they're not alone.

I've been obsessed with sunglasses since the beginning of time.

I'm a sunglasses aficionado if I do say so myself.

There's no perfect life. There's always something going on behind the curtain that people don't know about.

I love rose gold - it's just beautiful and classy and timeless.

I had actually auditioned for a guest star role on 'Legends of Tomorrow,' and the show had the same casting director as 'Riverdale.'

Just, always remember that it's important to be your own person, and as you grow up, you start appreciating the things that make you different.

I feel like it's extremely rare to find a female who's bisexual and not either lesbian or straight on television shows.

My favorite lip balm is, weirdly enough, just a little tube of Aquaphor. It's clear, and it will keep my lips glossy and perfect for hours.

I was raised by vegan parents, and we ate out of my backyard garden for my whole life.

I've learned not to let anyone affect my thoughts of myself. And I learned to love my red hair - it's my favorite thing!

I've been working on this career path of mine since I was three years old.

I'd rather kiss my best friend than kiss some random guy.

We had South African accents. I was a vegan. I was raised without religion. I was just the weirdest kid in this small town, so I got made fun of a lot for it.

I am beyond honored to bring bisexuality in females to the screen more.

If you love what you're doing, it doesn't feel like work.

I don't really wear eyeshadow. I'm pretty much always about my lashes and my lips, and then I let the rest of it do its own thing.