Gerard Way Quotes

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Gerard Way

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 9, 1977

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

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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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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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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.

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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 was sleeping over his house - and I think we were literally 15 - and we watched it.

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I'm not psycho... I just like psychotic things.

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Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

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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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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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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.

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My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die.

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It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.

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I wasn't bullied in high school, I was just ignored.

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Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

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You should love yourself.

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The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.

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I thought 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' was so interesting the way it was made and the texture of it.

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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.

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I'd rather be a creature of the night than an old dude.

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