Frank Iero
The relationship between 'My Chemical Romance' and Michael Pedicone is over. He was caught red-handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn, Washington. We are heartbroken and sick to our stomachs over this entire situation.Collection: Relationship
I think my least favourite thing to listen to is perfect songs, perfect performances. They don't feel human to me, and in that respect ,they lose any kind of sincerity. I don't know why. It's just my ears.
Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process.
MS is terrible for anybody, and all of the stories are important.
If you don't listen, you're never gonna learn.
About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis.
Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!
I also remember the second band I was in ever. We were called Hybrid. We got a show at this local street fair, and we were playing on the back of a flatbed truck. There was an ad in the paper, and it said that 'Hybird' is playing. I was so mad.
My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
We've always wanted to do it, something you could dance to, and deep down we always thought we could bring something to the table if we could do it, but the live shows always made us pull back and be a rock band.
People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.
These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear.
When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.
I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you practice and get your chops up, you can play like an Eddie Van Halen or a Steve Vai. But nobody can do what Thurston Moore does; he's his own guy. He talks through his instrument in a language that's all his own.
I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts.
The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold in your hands: if a guitar means something special, you're bound to do great things with it.
I always wanted to be in bands.
My father gave me one of those small, box-sized travel players when I was a kid and just a handful of records that he had. 'Zeppelin IV' was one. 'The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl,' which is just about the worst record ever - you can't hear anything, just screaming in the background. I think there was maybe, like, an Animals record.
I have 'Purple Rain' on purple vinyl.
I grew up in that band. Some people go to college and get a Master's. I went to My Chem academy, and I feel like I graduated with honors.
My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players.
I'm kind of a feel player. I'll stretch out before a show a bit and do some playing, but that's about it. I'm not one of these 10-hour-a-day playing guys.
A guitar solo in the same part of every tune - that's been done so much. I think solos shine more when you have them in specific and unexpected places.
I think the days of just filling the time and putting a disc out is over, and I'm glad, because those are some of my least favourite records.
I miss Jersey so much; I'm really connected to it. I love the big malls, the diners.
With our first record, we wrote concept songs but not a concept record.
I'm a fan of records you get and you listen to them from beginning to finish - records where everything is there for a purpose. There was never any filler on those records - it was all well planned out.
I tend to really like things that are broken, I like the ones that are perfectly imperfect.Collection: Broken
The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.Collection: Running
I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.Collection: Children
Love what you do and who you truly are. Be willing to die for it. If you are true to yourself, you can never go wrongCollection: True To Yourself
If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.Collection: Cookies
Emo always meant emotional. Any kind of art or music should be emotional. If its not, than it's pretty much just a jingle selling bleach or pizza.Collection: Art
No one is born with hate in their heart. Hate is something that has been taught. It is not an innate survival skill that we need; It is a form of stupidity that penetrates our minds and will eventually destroy us.Collection: Hate
My name is Frank Iero and I hate mushrooms. All mushrooms. No matter how they're prepared, I feel like they're all slimy and they taste like dirt.Collection: Hate
Every time somebody ever told you that you weren't gonna amount to anything, you know, that's your time to shine, you know? You can show everybody and prove to yourself what you're doing is real and that it counts and that it makes a difference.Collection: Real
Things don't happen to you, they happen for you.Collection: Happens
My tattoos are like a scrapbook of my life. Sometimes you don't feel comfortable in your own skin, so covering it up with pictures helpsCollection: Tattoo
I started thinking about how life is a lot like getting pushed out of a plane. You didn't ask to be here, none of us did. But we're all careening through space towards an eventual end that no one's gonna be able to put off. That's the only thing that's definite, this impact. So I started to think about how a lot of us fall at an incredible velocity, and it's over in the blink of an eye.Collection: Fall
My biggest addictions have been chocolate cake, mashed potatoes, and butter sandwiches.Collection: Cake
These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our last defense.Collection: Artist
Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have one.Collection: Black
I think that's really the beauty of life, like, we're this collection of moments, this collection of experiences that we've had, or little tics that we've stolen from other people, it's like we're this amalgamation of all of that.Collection: Thinking
I feel like with everything you do, everything you make, everything you experience, y'know, even the dumb stuff that you don't even really pay much attention to, like the mundane stuff that happens to you every day, it shapes the person who you are.Collection: Dumb
I don't understand how people can make such a fuss about people that are happy and in love, when there's people dying of hunger and war and they don't even notice that. I really don't understand that. That makes me so angry!Collection: War
I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there and make this a record for mass consumption, this was really just a way for me to get out of my own situation and reclaim that part of myself - so when making the songs, I wanted a testament to what I'd gone through, I wanted a snapshot of those moments.Collection: Song
I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now.Collection: Appreciate
No one is born with hate in their heart.Collection: Hate
Every experience that you have is important.Collection: Important
People never cease to amaze us.Collection: People