Gerard Way is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He has also released two solo albums, Hesitant Alien and Umbrella Academy: Dallas, and is the co-founder of DC Comics' Young Animal imprint. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Gerard Way on life, energetic, creative.
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.
As soon as I go into a Starbucks I take off my sunglasses. I want to be recognised and I want free coffee.
Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.
Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself and become a new person.
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!
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.
Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. — Gerard Way
I Just Got So Emo That I Just Fell Apart!! — Gerard Way
One day you life will flash before your eyes, make sure it's worth watching.
I'm not psycho... I just like psychotic things. — Gerard Way
I'd rather be a creature of the night than an old dude. — Gerard Way
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most [borrowed from Mark Twain] — Gerard Way
Gerard Way Short Quotes
Anything can be art. Anything can be self-expression . Now you take the weapon and run with it.
I Just Got So Emo That I Just Fell Apart!!
I'm not psycho... I just like psychotic things.
I'd rather be a creature of the night than an old dude.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most [borrowed from Mark Twain]
It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.
Look at me, with my pretty bracelet and tiara... I'm a f****n' princess!
Never forget how beautiful you are.
Sing, that's the most powerful weapon you have.
Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, it makes you lean...Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.
All the best heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.
Gerard Way Quotes About Life
Make your life your art. It doesn't have to be that you're an artist. I know I talk about art a lot, but I mean a very broad thing with that. You could be a veterinarian, that's your art. Find your art; find your thing you love. — Gerard Way
NOTHING is worth hurting yourself over. NOTHING is worth taking your life over, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! — 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
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching
I am living proof that no matter how bad life gets, it gets better. — Gerard Way
There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it. — Gerard Way
It's OK to be different. — 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. — Gerard Way
Don't piss your life away with suicide...it's a bullshit way out. — Gerard Way
My Sims family is called the Cholly family. I don't know why I picked that name; it's kind of random. — Gerard Way
Life is but a dream for the dead. — Gerard Way
Gerard Way Quotes About People
You're going to come across a lot of shitty band, and a lot of shitty people. And if anyone of those people call you names beacause of what you look like or they don't accept you for who you are, I want you to look right at that motherf*****, stick up your middle finger, and scream F*** YOU! — Gerard Way
Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. — Gerard Way
People don't know if i'm gay, straight or an alien from outer space.. its funny — Gerard Way
I thought if we made an album that tried to change the world, or give it hope, it would really happen. But all people found was death and destruction and misery and self-hate. I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try. — Gerard Way
Playing in front of millions of people erases everything I hate about myself. Nothing can hurt me. — 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
The only thing I learnt in high school is that people are very violent and territorial. — Gerard Way
The thing about 'Watchmen' that people should know is that when it came out there was absolutely nothing like it. Up until then, comics were about the same thing: a guy in tights fighting another guy in tights and saving the girl - that was it. — Gerard Way
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. — Gerard Way
I would like to continue to make art by being able to do what I love and have that make it possible for me to support my family. I'd like to make people happy, show people a good time, and hopefully inspire some people. — Gerard Way
Gerard Way Quotes About Music
Singing songs that make you slit your wrists — Gerard Way
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. — Gerard Way
It's interesting, there are a lot of similarities with being in the music business or being in a band, where a lot of it is business work you've gotta do, like emails. It's weird, I don't feel like I'm in charge. — Gerard Way
I knew that I always wanted to keep making music, but I knew that comics needed to be a part of my life. — 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. — Gerard Way
I think my favorite medium is music, with my main tools being my voice and a guitar. But I do find every other medium extremely fulfilling and useful in helping everything I do. Sometimes I need to make a song just for a comic. All of the art and mediums are connected for me. — Gerard Way
I had no direction. I thought, 'I need to make a difference in my life,' and music was my answer. — Gerard Way
I think there needs to be people that are doing something different in music. There's a need for that as much as there's a need for a scene. — Gerard Way
I do a lot of research, I try to think about how it relates to music and I just do a ton of drawing. It's much easier to work your ideas out that way. — Gerard Way
My music is - I don't want to say my main focus, but it's what comes most naturally to me. — Gerard Way
Gerard Way Quotes About Love
It'd be cool to be a vampire. Vampires are the best beast you can ever be. Call me egotistical, but I love the whole idea of immortality. — Gerard Way
Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You're good enough, you are too good. Love your family with all your heart and listen to it. — 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
You should love yourself. — Gerard Way
Cecil Castellucci is writing Shade, who is the perfect writer for it. I love her young adult stuff, and it's pretty hardcore and visceral, so I knew she was going to bring that to the book. — Gerard Way
I love watching 'Twilight Zone.' New Year's Eve they do the marathon; I watch it every year. — Gerard Way
When you go, would you ever turn to say, "I don't love you like I did yesterday. — Gerard Way
Like, you should never want to hurt yourself. You should love yourself. — Gerard Way
And after all this time that you still owe, you're still a good-for nothing I don't know. — Gerard Way
Comics are my first love, and I hate seeing an art form that I love suffer. — Gerard Way
Gerard Way Quotes About Friend
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. — Gerard Way
Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend! — 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
Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off — Gerard Way
Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. — Gerard Way
All your quirks and all your problems - even your depressions and your failures - that’s what makes you you. — 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
I'm not psycho... I just like psychotic things. — Gerard Way
None. I think we should send a country some cupcakes. You think some cupcakes would cheer up North Korea? Kill 'em with deliciousness. — Gerard Way
I'd rather be a creature of the night than an old dude. — Gerard Way
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most [borrowed from Mark Twain] — Gerard Way
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 — Gerard Way
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 learned to see beauty in everything and ugliness in everything. I developed a very honest perspective. — Gerard Way
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. — Gerard Way
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. — Gerard Way
You can do amazing things when you believe. — Gerard Way
Say what you want but you NEVER say it with violence! — Gerard Way
I see you lying next to me, with words I thought i'd never speak, awake and unafraid, asleep or dead? — Gerard Way
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. — Gerard Way
As free and crazy as we want to be, and how much we want to make the world a canvas, there's also a part of us that doesn't want to make any mark. — Gerard Way
Oh, and I heard a rumor that I died in a car accident. I didn’t. — 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
It erases everything I hate about myself. Nothing can hurt me. I feel completely invincible. I feel like everyone else on that stage is invincible and we're capable of anything. There's no stopping us. — Gerard Way
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. — Gerard Way
If you chase the art, you really can't fail because you'll always be able to look at yourself in the mirror. And that's not about making angry decisions, either, it's about always doing the right thing for you, your fans and your art. — Gerard Way
I got sunburnt which is obviously a drag for me because in theory the sun is supposed to kill me. — Gerard Way
The future is bulletproof
The aftermath is secondary. — Gerard Way
We're just as screwed up as you. — 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
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. — 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
I wasn't bullied in high school, I was just ignored. — Gerard Way
My favorite band at the moment is the Dresden Dolls, they're from Boston. It's a guy and a girl. She plays piano and he plays the drums and she also sings. You can find them on the web they're incredible. — 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
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
To me, the coolest, shiniest, sexiest, darkest, scariest thing you can be is pop. — Gerard Way
I drink juice when I'm killin' cause it's f**king delicious! — Gerard Way
It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band. — Gerard Way
It is not a band. It is an idea. — 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
The Jersey mentality is: I work, I drink, I stay up all night, I try to meet a girl, it's a waste of time. — Gerard Way
The boys and girls in the clique. The awful names that they stick. You're never gonna fit in much kid, but it you're troubled and hurt, what you've got under your shirt will make them pay for the things that they did! — Gerard Way
And what's with the shirt? You think you're in Fiji?" "It's like being on vactaion. all of the time. — Gerard Way
Shut up and let me see your jazz hands. — Gerard Way
I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try. — Gerard Way
I do enjoy manga but would not consider myself a 'super-fan,' only really connecting with certain works such as 'Lone Wolf and Cub,' or 'Tekkon Kinkreet,' the more breakthrough works, and 'Akira,' to me, is the daddy of them all. — Gerard Way
When Scorsese shoots a violent scene, it's very uncomfortable - it's not like watching 'Rambo.' — Gerard Way
I am who I am. There’s no facade. No put-on. And being voted sexiest doesn’t concern me. Maybe that’s the sexy part. — Gerard Way
Yeah, obviously we use vampires as a metaphor for something else, something deeper than just the supernatural. But there's just something about the bloodsucking walking dead, that can say so much to people. There are really so many people trying to get control over you on a daily basis and steal your soul in some way, take a part of you. — Gerard Way
Those guys who want to have the Mohawk...which, to me, is the new business casual. — Gerard Way
I went to art school, and that's how I got the internship, and then I started a band. But I always missed comics, I always wanted to do them. — Gerard Way
I'd rather go to hell than be in purgatory... — Gerard Way
I was this weird loner kid who got drunk by himself all the time. — Gerard Way
I want to be a vampire. They're the coolest monsters. — Gerard Way
Hey, girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with sticklike models. Eat healthy and exercise. — 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
Hey girls, you're beautiful. Whether you're a size 32 or a size 18. As long as you're a good person. As long as you respect others and yourself. Don't listen to those fashion magazines. Hey girls, you're beautiful — 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
If you go to a really great shop that stocks really great stuff and it doesn't makes it feel like a super secret club there's tons of stuff to find all way time. — Gerard Way
I went to art school and interned at DC, and then did the band. When that stuff comes up, you've gotta embrace it and run with it for as long as you can, and I did. I did that for as long as I felt I could. — Gerard Way
Well, I'm half Italian, so last year on Warped Tour I got this really good tan and I was like, bummer. — Gerard Way
Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the truth I mean this im okay Trust me... Im not okay ...Well okay im not okay. Im not o-f cking-kay — Gerard Way
When I did The Umbrella Academy, I studied Gabriel Bá's art. I said, "Oh, this is what he likes to do here. Maybe I can push him to do a little more of this." You can play to those strengths. It's a different scenario with each artist. — Gerard Way
Let's have a day in the life of Gerard." Going to get coffee! Going to get coffee!' That's all it would be. — Gerard Way
I don't know if commerce can every truly be information. I think that's just commerce, that's just selling you something. — Gerard Way
When youre touring and the minute you tell someone that youre from Jersey its the equivalent of telling them you just got out of jail. — Gerard Way
Life Lessons by Gerard Way
Gerard Way's work shows that it is possible to be successful by staying true to yourself and your own artistic vision.
He also demonstrates the importance of collaboration and working with others to create something bigger than yourself.
Finally, his work shows the power of storytelling and how it can be used to explore complex topics and emotions.
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