A collection of quotes and thoughts by Gerard Way on love, pain, suicide, life, coffee, psycho, music, politics, truth, artist, actions, obligations, art, hate and hope.
140 Insightful Quotes By Gerard Way That You Must Not Overlook
Gerard Way is a celebrated American musician, songwriter, singer, comic book writer and former lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band ‘My Chemical Romance’. ‘The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’ was a dark humoured mini-comic series written by him. In 2007 he also released a comic book titled, ‘The Umbrella Academy’. Way’s debut solo album ‘Hesitant Alien’ peaked the ‘UK Rock Albums’ chart and was also labelled a platinum selling album. Besides this he is also known for being associated with the boy band ‘The Hormones’. Way suffered from a distraught childhood his teenage was spent in alcoholism, isolation and depression. Way’s grandmother became his source of inspiration and taught him art and music. With sheer tenacity, Way overcame a rotten past and made a mark in the mainstream music. Besides being the most iconic frontman he is also an inspirational figure. We bring to you a corpus of most encouraging and motivational thoughts, words, views and opinions that the renowned artist has said. Presenting famous sayings and quotes by Gerard Way.
It's for the hamster that I'm gonna buy! This is so perfect! (after opening a hamster wheel at Christmas)
Gerard Way
You get caught up in a cycle at some point, so I broke the cycle and decided; I'm going to really write a lot of books, because I need to get in touch with that part of myself in order to make more music.
The Black Parade only has two songs left. Then you'll have to deal with the likes of My Chemical Romance. Personally...I think their language is atrocious and they don't know how to dress.
We’ve always been fighters. There will always be something to fight against. So we’ll always fight, underdogs or not. If you put a wall in front of us, we don’t look to go round it. We just bust straight through.
Human nature at times is unfortunately very ugly and I learned the world can be a very ugly place. For as much beauty there is, there's just as much brutality and violence and ugliness.
I believe in ghosts because I had a paranormal expierience once that was very personal. Though, every fiber in my being tries to convince me they don't exist.
It's important to keep up momentum, when I'm home alone I get stagnant, I go crazy and have to see my therapist. Being on the road keeps me busy. I'm okay when I'm busy.
As long as somebody is guaranteed a certain number of sales you know you're gonna keep seeing these vanity projects. I mean they have a place, they serve a function they can bring people into comics.
No matter what anyone says, dont take their F**king Bulls**t. Coz you're better then them, faster than them and god damn it, YOU'RE MUCH BETTER LOOKING!!
I am not afraid to keep on living. I am not afraid to walk this world alone. Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven, nothing you can say will set me going home.
The Black Parade has to go home soon, so you're gonna be stuck with My Chemical Romance. I'm sorry. That singer has a despicable mouth, he dresses funny, and he can't sing!
Gerard Way
I am living proof that no matter how bad life gets, it gets better.
Let me tell you how the story ends, where the good guys die and the bad guys win. It doesn't matter how many friend you make, but the graffite they write on your grave.
If you're ever in a dark place, don't resort to violence. Talk to someone; whether it be a therapist, teacher, parent, or just someone you can trust. We all have our dark places and it's important that you get help.
It reminded me of a meat grinder. From when I was a kid. Going to school it felt like you were in a meat grinder. It chews you up and pours out this mess that can't function
In those perfect moments you find beauty you never knew existed. You find yourself and you friends all over again, you find something to fight for, something to love. Something to show the world.
So people keep asking me what this badge is for... this badge makes me the sheriff, the sheriff of Emo town, so get your straight irons and eyeliner ready!
It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band.
Gerard Way
Alan Moore is a prophetic writer.
Gerard Way
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.
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.
'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.
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.
Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name.
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.
All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.
Gerard Way
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'd rather be a creature of the night than an old dude.
Gerard Way
It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.
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.
People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation... I've seen it in punk clubs, and I've seen it in the world.
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