The more people that learn about you, even if you’re an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention you get and the more threatening or dangerous you appear to people. And the more people try to knock you down. – Gerard Way
To me, nothing feels more like being dead than being in your 20s and having no direction in your life. – Gerard Way
There’s something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it. – Gerard Way
‘Watchmen’ is a politically charged story, and it explores exactly what a hero is, how the world would treat them and how they would react. It was the first time I read a superhero story that explored that situation. These are very real people with very real problems. – Gerard Way
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. – Gerard Way
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 anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. – Gerard Way
‘The Black Parade’ is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album. – Gerard Way
A lot of kids get disappointed. They expect me to be, like, ‘Bwaah.’ ‘If I spend a minute with them, they end up saying, ‘Wow, you’re a nice, normal guy.’ They hate it when they catch me out of my makeup. – Gerard Way
I don’t think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like to think it will make him save children from a burning building. – Gerard Way
My favourite two festivals have always been the Big Day Out and Summersonic in Japan. The Big Day Out is a little more fun because it lasts longer. It’s like an abbreviated version of the Warped tour because you get to play with the same people every day, which is really fun. – Gerard Way
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. – Gerard Way
I’ve always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school, and the band that we didn’t have to represent us – the kids that wore black – back then. – Gerard Way
I wouldn’t have been able to move to L.A. if I felt I was going to lose my identity as a New Jerseyian. My accent has gotten thicker since I’ve lived here. – Gerard Way
I feel like my mission is to be honest with myself. My mission is to share my truth – share, not give. I think that’s what an artist is supposed to do: I think they share. – Gerard Way
I thought ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ was so interesting the way it was made and the texture of it. – Gerard Way
So many people treat you like you’re a kid so you might as well act like one and throw your television out of the hotel window. – Gerard Way
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. – Gerard Way
I’ve always had bizarre, negative feelings about anything traditional, like marriage and family. I never thought something like that worked. – Gerard Way
When Scorsese shoots a violent scene, it’s very uncomfortable – it’s not like watching ‘Rambo.’ – Gerard Way
I’m a big fan of domino masks, like Zorro, or Robin. You could put a domino mask on anything, and it becomes a superhero. You put a domino mask on a milkman, and he becomes, like, Super Milkman. – Gerard Way
