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Born on April 9, 1977, Gerard Way is a renowned musician known for his unique musical style and profound lyrical content. He is the founding member and lead vocalist of the band My Chemical Romance, whose music blends elements of rock, punk, and post-punk. Way's work has gained global popularity.

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“I do a lot of research, I try to think about how it relates to music and I just do a ton of drawing. It's much easier to work your ideas out that way.”

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Author:Gerard Way

“We [My Chemical Romance] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in order to advance, we need to regress. There was definitely a sense of fear within the band about taking that next step.”

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Author:Gerard Way

“I think there needs to be people that are doing something different in music. There's a need for that as much as there's a need for a scene.”

People Thinking Needs Different Scene

Author:Gerard Way

“I think normally people think that they're afraid to die but I actually think people are more afraid to live. People are more afraid to make the choices that they want because they're very hard decisions to make in order to be happy. I think a lot of people are really afraid of that. It's easy to be in a band because you have a lot of things to hide behind so that's really not always living...that doesn't always constitute as living life the way you want. But at times you have to make decisions that sometimes hurt others in order to live.”

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“I think spirituality, even if there's no God, even if there's nothing - I consider myself relatively spiritual. I believe in a God. I don't know what it's like, but I do believe in it. It's the only thing that makes any sense. Maybe I'm just looking for order in the chaos. Though, I do believe in Evolution and I do believe in science.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Believe Spiritual Order Spirituality I Believe Evolution Chaos I Believe In

Author:Gerard Way

“I think that there are many ways in which people look for heroes, messiahs, things like that in society. I think some people are looking for something that maybe they don't possess. To me, ultimately, you are looking for someone who understands you, or at least you think understands you. It all comes down to understanding for who we look to as heroes.”

People Thinking Way Looks Understanding Hero Messiah

Author:Gerard Way

“I think my favorite medium is music, with my main tools being my voice and a guitar. But I do find every other medium extremely fulfilling and useful in helping everything I do. Sometimes I need to make a song just for a comic. All of the art and mediums are connected for me.”

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“I don't know if commerce can every truly be information. I think that's just commerce, that's just selling you something.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Information Selling Commerce

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“I think that a lot of journalists don't really listen to music before they review it.”

Thinking Music Is Journalist Reviews Listening To Music

Author:Gerard Way

“I think everybody's book is about somebody's daughter, in a lot of ways. I dig that.”

Thinking Way Book Daughter

Author:Gerard Way

“I'm a visual thinker, so I think of everything visually, first. A lot of what an issue will become for me starts with me thinking, "What's a great cover?," or "What's the splash image?," or "What is the title of the issue? How do I see the text?" I think about all of that stuff, and then the story comes out of that imagery.”

Thinking Firsts Stories Stuff Issues Titles Visuals Thinker Imagery

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“Thinking visually is my starting point, and then the writing happens.”

Thinking Writing Happens Starting Starting Point

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“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.”

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Author:Gerard Way

“The whole thing about comics is the reason I think you shoot to be a comics author is because it's a very solitary activity and that you sit down and you're arguing with yourself that's kinda the plan.”

Thinking Reason Whole Plans Activity Down And Arguing Solitary

Author:Gerard Way

“I don't think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like to think it will make him save children from a burning building.”

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“Oh how wrong we were to think immortality meant never dying”

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“None. I think we should send a country some cupcakes. You think some cupcakes would cheer up North Korea? Kill 'em with deliciousness.”

Thinking Should Country Ems Cheer Korea North Korea Cheer Up Cupcakes Up North

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“It takes a while to tell stories, I think it's because I was drunk for three years.”

Thinking Years Stories Three Drunk Three Years

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“And what's with the shirt? You think you're in Fiji?" "It's like being on vactaion. all of the time.”

Thinking Shirts Fiji

Author:Gerard Way

“My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die. It is alive in me, in the guys, and it is alive inside all of you. I always knew that, and I think you did too. Because it is not a band- it is an idea.”

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Author:Gerard Way

“I notice a lot of people think they can solve their problems with antidepressants. That, I noticed, being like a bigger issue, like, it really strips people of who they are. Like, all your quirks and all your problems, even your depressions and your failures, that's what makes you, you. And there's a lot of drugs out there that will take that away from you.”

People Thinking Problem Issues Drug Bigger Solve Away From You Quirks Antidepressants

Author:Gerard Way

“Ray Toro is a very eccentric, crazy genius type guy. I think he's a genius. He just got this thing at the VMA. The way he played, it makes you go 'Jesus!' He's really sweet, really kind of lovable. He's like a cartoon character.”

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“The Black Parade only has two songs left. Then you'll have to deal with the likes of My Chemical Romance. Personally...I think their language is atrocious and they don't know how to dress.”

Thinking Knows Two Romance Song Left Language Black Deals Know How Dresses Likes Chemicals Parades

Author:Gerard Way

“Just draw 'cause you love it, you know, I think that's why you should be doing it. You should always be doing art for the right reasons, um, and with the best intentions. Anything at all is completely possible and I think that's what I like about drawing. I think it's just really fun. You can do anything you want. And that's part of, like, what's really enjoyable about it... is kind of losing yourself in it.”

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Author:Gerard Way

“I had a couple of really cool friends when I was a kid, and we'd find cool music and movies and show them to each other. My friend Dennis had a copy of 'A Clockwork Orange' and he'd already seen it once, and he was like, 'We need to watch this.' I was sleeping over his house - and I think we were literally 15 - and we watched it.”

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“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.”

Thinking Giving Feels Artist Share Honest Missions Being Honest My Truth

Author:Gerard Way

About the Author

Born: April 9, 1977
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 258

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