Machine Gun Kelly Quotes

I feel like the more I share, the more relatable I am.

I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.

Almost everybody will listen to you when you tell your own story.

Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.

The more you're writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it's at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.

I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.

Opening up is something I have to learn how to do if I'm going to be in this business.

With my fan base, I'm just vulnerable. I'm very transparent and vulnerable.

Seeing guys in their most vulnerable state talking about their bodies gives me an opportunity to talk about everything. Once they open up about their appearance, then usually they are willing to open up about pretty much everything.

I've become more comfortable with opening up.

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

How do you open up? I didn't know how to.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind, as does David Sedaris. When they write, the reader thinks that they're being trusted as a friend.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

It's a great big step for me to open my heart up even a little bit.

I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well.

My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.

I think as humans we do want to control our relationships, and you can't. It's probably better that you can't. That wouldn't be a real relationship, and we'd never learn and grow.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.