Quotes by Gerard Way

About Gerard Way:

Gerard Arthur Way is an American musician and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and co-founder of the American alternative-rock band My Chemical Romance from its formation in September 2001 until its split in March 2013. He is the executive producer of the band LostAlone's second album I'm a UFO in This City. Way also wrote the comic mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and wrote the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014 via Warner Bros. Records.
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My wife totally backs the way I am on stage; that's one of the amazing things about her. I have 120 per cent respect for her when I'm on stage, so there are definitely certain things I would never do.

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Comics are my first love, and I hate seeing an art form that I love suffer.

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There's not a lot of art forms where you can control your presentation and your ideas.

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My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to art and music. She could play piano very well, and she had perfect pitch.

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I pity you all... Most of you will die---scratch that---ALL of you.

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Host: For those of you just tuning in, our guests tonight are the amazing Murder Magician, and his lovely minion, The Assistant... Assistant: Charmed, I'm sure Host: Who recently killed The Rumor. And you were awarded the Oppenheimer prize for villai...

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Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

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You can't be two people in your brain, one rock dude and a dad - there's something in the middle of them, and that's really what you are and that's going to make you the best dad - not when you try to be one or the other.

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I've always had bizarre, negative feelings about anything traditional, like marriage and family. I never thought something like that worked.

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Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from...

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I want to be a vampire. They're the coolest monsters.

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I had a couple of really cool friends when I was a kid, and we'd find cool music and movies and show them to each other. My friend Dennis had a copy of 'A Clockwork Orange' and he'd already seen it once, and he was like, 'We need to watch this.' I wa...

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There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that. But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope.

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Did Superman really want to save the world, or did he just feel like he had to? Would he much rather be a farmer? Maybe. Would he much rather be hanging out with his dad and his mom and his dog? Probably.

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What I like about The Sims is that I don't have a normal life at all, so I play this game where these people have these really boring, mundane lives. It's fun.

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There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.

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Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won't dislike you.

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To me, nothing feels more like being dead than being in your 20s and having no direction in your life.

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Suicide is a serious thing. And if you know anyone who is suicidal, you need to get them help. No one should be in pain. Everyone should love themselves.

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I love watching 'Twilight Zone.' New Year's Eve they do the marathon; I watch it every year.

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Author Bio

  • NameGerard Way
  • DescriptionAmerican musician and comic book writer
  • BornApril 9, 1977
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Author; Musician; Composer