Quotes from Frank Iero

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

The future's too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.

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 helps

I have a split - of my real home-life side that's real-life, and then the creative side that is not necessarily real-life, but it intersects my real-life so much.

Where my heart lies is in the real-life, but at the same time part of it lies in this creative realm where I need to go in and put out that fire, scratch that itch, in order to be all rounded.

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.

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.

If you don't listen, you're never gonna learn.

I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now.

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 wrong

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.

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.

I miss Jersey so much; I'm really connected to it. I love the big malls, the diners.

Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!

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.

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.

Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!

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.

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.