Gerard Way
Gerard Way
Gerard Arthur Wayis an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and co-founder of the American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance from its formation in September 2001 until its split in March 2013. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. He also wrote the comic mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 April 1977
CitySummit, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Anything can be art. Anything can be self-expression . Now you take the weapon and run with it.
Real revenge is making something of yourself.
It's okay to be messed up, because there are five other dudes who are just as messed up as you.
Every big adventure should feel like your last. Every attempt should feel like a final charge up the hill. Tomorrow doesn't exist.
I have a nihilistic attitude so it's like, the new gay... it's popular.
Never forget how beautiful you are.
The best thing about wearing black is that you can hide pretty easily, unless you're in like Hawaii, then you can't hide.
Sing, that's the most powerful weapon you have.
You have to destroy something to make it beautiful.
The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.
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.
Though we feel extremely connected through all this technology [social networks], there's also this disconnect that happens. Because you're not actually talking to anyone. You're not actually meeting them for coffee. To me, social media is about "you". It's like, "Well, twenty people like this thing I said", so that's about me.
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.
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.