Quotes from 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.

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

And after all this time that you still owe, you're still a good-for nothing I don't know.

Comics are my first love, and I hate seeing an art form that I love suffer.

When you go, would you ever turn to say, "I don't love you like I did yesterday.

I love watching 'Twilight Zone.' New Year's Eve they do the marathon; I watch it every year.

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

'Watchmen' is not only the greatest comic ever written, it's a really important work of fiction.

The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.

It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band.

You put an old Misfits record on, and it sounds like it came out yesterday.

As soon as I go into a Starbucks I take off my sunglasses. I want to be recognised and I want free coffee.

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.

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.

Well my gun fires seven different shades of shit, so what's your favorite color, punk?

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.

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.

My music is - I don't want to say my main focus, but it's what comes most naturally to me.

It's okay to love something a little too much, as long as it's real to you.

It's cool if people want to make movies of stuff, but I'm really interested in the comics.

I think the most important thing is that everybody is happy creating, and doing what they want to do, and have really great relationships with each other.

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.

I've always had bizarre, negative feelings about anything traditional, like marriage and family. I never thought something like that worked.

Everyone back the fuck up! I am not that pretty!