"Hey, girls, you're beautiful. 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. You are gorgeous. It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, as long as you're a good person, as long as you respect others. I know it's been told hundreds of times before, but it's true."
-Gerard Way
"If for one minute you think you're better than a sixteen year old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. 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
"Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary."
-Gerard Way
"Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive."
-Gerard Way
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching."
-Gerard Way
"Nothing is worth hurting yourself over. Nothing is worth taking your life over. 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. Like I love you all."
-Gerard Way
"Never forget how beautiful you are."
-Gerard Way
"No matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith."
-Gerard Way
"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."
-Gerard Way
"I've gotta see the world. I've gotta make a difference."
-Gerard Way
"It erases everything I hate about myself. Nothing can hurt me. I feel completely invincible. I feel like we're capable of anything. There's no stopping us."
-Gerard Way
"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."
-Gerard Way
"Tears are words the heart can't express."
-Gerard Way
"I feel like there's so many people out there who have the kids in the palm of their hand listening, but there are so few people saying something."
-Gerard Way
"Even if you stop believing in us, we'll never stop believing in you."
-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
"You should never want to hurt yourself. You should love yourself. Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person. We are all becoming what we want to become."
-Gerard Way
"All your quirks, all your problems, even your depressions and failures, that's what makes you, you."
-Gerard Way
"You are better than that."
-Gerard Way
"We're just as screwed up as you."
-Gerard Way
"All we ever wanna do is inspire somebody to be who they wanna be and to give them a little bit of hope."
-Gerard Way
"Human nature at times is unfortunately very ugly and I learned the world can be a very ugly place. For as much beauty there is, there's just as much brutality and violence and ugliness."
-Gerard Way
"I learned to see beauty in everything and ugliness in everything. I developed a very honest perspective."
-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
"Homophobia is gay."
-Frank Iero
"If you don't listen, you're never gonna learn."
-Frank Iero
"Just do what you do best."
-Frank Iero
"I think that we're here for a reason."
-Frank Iero
"You'll never be normal because nobody is normal."
-Frank Iero
"We embody the power of fighting against adversity."
-Frank Iero
"We don't need any more sadness."
-Frank Iero
"It could be anything, give a homeless guy a sandwich, help an old lady across the street, like anything to make this world a better place. If everybody just did one good thing for another person like a selfless good deed just think about how much a better place this would be."
-Frank Iero
"We just have to have common decency and respect for our fellow man that's really what it comes down to, to treat people the way you would want to be treated and to really take care of our world and our scene because if we don't give a shit about it, nobody else will."
-Frank Iero
"Knowing that the soapboxes that you stand on hopefully give good advice to kids, maybe that soapbox is paid for by a major corporation that's maybe doing some terrible things, but maybe you can get up there and change the system from within the system."
-Frank Iero
"People never cease to amaze us."
-Frank Iero
"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."
-Frank Iero
"We are a generation told not to try too hard. The world is going to shit so why break a sweat? We are reminded daily not to trust our gut or follow our hearts, your dreams are unattainable and unrealistic. Fear is the eternal enemy. If they can keep you scared, they can keep you controlled. We are here as a reminder that the world is not better off without you. There are dangerous days that we live in, and you, the artists are our best defense. Art is the weapon. Your imagination is the ammunition. Stay dirty and stay dangerous. Create and destroy as you see fit. Embrace your originality; the aftermath is secondary. You can and should do anything. Love what you do and who you truly are."
-Frank Iero
"Sometimes the good guys win."
-Mikey Way
"Regret is a sign of weakness."
-Mikey Way
"Don't do anything to try to fit in."
-Mikey Way
"Everybody wanted to hate us, but we always had in our mind that we wanted to transcend this. We wanted to change the world."
-Mikey Way
"It's great when you can impact someone like that. It's our mission."
-Mikey Way
"Everyone wants something real, something that was created to invoke a positive feeling."
-Mikey Way
"Everybody should be able to listen to the kind of music they want."
-Ray Toro
"Everybody goes through rough things in their lives, us included. The best advice we can give is to never give up, and always believe in yourself because when you do that, anything is possible."
-Ray Toro
"I think that the music we create together is one of a kind."
-Ray Toro
"When you doubt yourself you create something better."
-Ray Toro
"We had the benefit of time. We felt we couldn't rush great things, these things needed time. With that time it really allows you to dig deep into yourself and really put out the best that you can be."
-Ray Toro
"Be creative. Use your voice, your community."
-Ray Toro
"Always believe in yourself."
-Ray Toro
"Just put your heart into it."
-Ray Toro
"Art is doing something you really believe in."
-Ray Toro
"Be good to your friends."
-Ray Toro
"Art is the only weapon."
-Ray Toro
