Top 110 Quotes & Sayings by Machine Gun Kelly - Page 2

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.'

My memory stops at 14.

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

I'm a kid from Ohio in an industry that drives people insane.

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

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

It's crazy. Even doing that one episode of 'Catfish,' I get people recognizing me for it who didn't even know my music.

My time on 'Roadies' gave me serenity and space.

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.

There really are a lot of stereotypes I fight.

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've become so much more comfortable divulging things I've never talked about before, honing in on certain relationships that everyone can relate to.

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

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

I don't feel fear anymore, in any form.

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

I think the artist community is very tight-knit.

As I was coming up, there was so much naysaying, there was so much doubt, whether it was from my peers or people in the industry.

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

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

I was really excited about 'Nerve' with Dave Franco and Emma Roberts.

I've had more life experiences than most people that are older than me.

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 have so many accomplishments under my belt.

New life situations equal out to new kinds of songs.

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.

I've never been comfortable with sharing anything: I was a single child.

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.

It seems like I'm one of those people that has the personality where, if I win an award, I wake up the next day, and I'm like 'Oh, but I didn't win this award though, or this didn't happen.'

Puff is more of a mentor rather than someone who's directly involved in my movement or helping me put my album together. It's not like me and him party together. He's definitely more of, like, a mentor.

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.

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.

I don't want my daughter to grow up and feel like she has to try that hard to get people to accept her.

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

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

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 recognize fans at every show.

'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.

I love surrealism.

You see my tears, in the rain underneath it all, we're just the same.

Cause whatever you love could be taken away, So live like it's your dying day.

I'm a 20 year old white boy residing on the Eastside of Cleveland, OH, and I am loud and obnoxious troubled youth that spends weeknights pissing parents off by turning their daughter's room into a giant orgy-fest.

When you take an energetic song and add it to one of the most energetic live performance set's you get pure mayhem...which is what the fans want to see!

I believe tattoos are a lifestyle not a fashion trend.

My favorite tattoo right now is the one on my lower stomach that reads "Almost Famous" because as my career grows I'm still humbled every morning when I look at that tattoo, and I'll always remember how much it sucked to ALMOST be famous.

Don't ever look down, be comfortable with who you are, our flaws are what makes us perfect.

Our flaws are what make us perfect.

Life is too short to live the same day twice. So each new day make sure you live your life.

That's a trick question Peter. It's real-life. Master P is a thug. He's poppin' everybody.

I consider myself to be an entertainer, given that I'm most known as MGK "the rapper" I don't have a problem with the label, I just want the people to know that I am much more than that.