Machine Gun Kelly
Everyone in our clique rocks a black bandana with the print 'EST 19XX' on them 24/7. As the underdog, you are expected to lose or give up and 'wave the white towel,' so that is why our flag is black. We never give up - never surrender. EST means 'Everyone Stands Together.' The '19XX' is to represent any age.Collection: Age
A lot of time, my inspiration comes from pain: growing pains, hunger pains, or money pains.Collection: Money
My view on music and the way that it's portrayed is that it's a religion.Collection: Religion
I don't think having a conservative mind in 2012 is a cool thing.Collection: Cool
Economics runs the world.
As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care anymore what people think about me. I'm just gonna be me.
Everything is my fault when you're me. I don't know why.
There really are a lot of stereotypes I fight.
When you look a certain way, or you have a certain presence, people take someone else's word over yours.
I love surrealism.
I was a huge punker growing up.
I'm known as a voice for a generation of people that don't have a voice.
The last thing I want to do is be complacent.
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.
I actually have an Avenged Sevenfold tattoo on my body.
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'm a storyteller.
As soon as 'General Admission' came out, there was a whole new pain that hit me that was rougher than I could imagine.
I want to keep the whole 'Lace Up' movement going. I want to take it national and international with a machine, a label.
I'm fortunate to have a baby girl who's super into everything that I say and do and really cooperative and just fun to be around. I couldn't imagine having a rebellious kid like me.
I'm an anarchist. I have it tattooed on my stomach.
I have Nineties music oozing out of my pores. What made rock & roll back then is that it was uncensored. It was raw and dark. Think of 'Something in the Way,' by Nirvana - he was telling everyone how he felt.
Fame is the weirdest thing ever.
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.
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.
There is no VIP. We're all the same.
I would never think twice about marching next to my brother for an issue we both believe in.
It's an honor to step onstage and celebrate the service and sacrifices of our soldiers.
Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were.
You can make something out of nothing. I proved that with my career, making it out of the city that I'm from.
Cleveland, Ohio, is the real deal.
I'm probably one of the wildest, most out-of-control people in the industry.
Is there someone who can play guitar better than me technically? One hundred percent. But does anyone look better playing a guitar in my generation? Absolutely not.
Everything I stood for, forever, since the beginning of time, has been about seeing people as humans. Not as man, woman, white, Hispanic, any of that stuff.
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 listened to Korn and Limp Bizkit and that whole era of heavy music.
Being a rock star rocks.
I don't feel fear anymore, in any form.
Not everyone wants to be in misery in every song!
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.
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, with music, I'm a lyricist who talks about real life things.
I'm here to make an impact on the kids who truly care.
I respect all grandpas around the world doin' it big.
I write all my hooks.
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 think couldn't not make a song called 'Wild Boy' and not be a wild boy.
I think me and Macklemore exist in two different worlds.
When I was running away, I didn't have somebody there to help me run away. All I had was DMX's voice or Eminem's voice or Tupac's voice.
I'm not that great of a speaker. I don't like watching my own interviews. I think I suck at talking, but one thing I can do is move my pen, and if that's how I gotta speak to my daughter, then let me do that.