--- title: "15 Band Quotes By Gerard Way" description: "15 Band quotes by Gerard Way. Plus more from Gerard Way and more Band sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gerard-way-1061_band_it-is-not-a-band-it-is-an-idea-2039941_2039941.png" --- > [It is not a band. It is an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/it-is-not-a-band-it-is-an-idea/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gerard-way-1061_band_it-is-not-a-band-it-is-an-idea-2039941_2039941.png) > [Were not a festival band, playing during the day was something we had to get over, I was like uhh this sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/were-not-a-festival-band-playing-during-the-day-was-something-we-had/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/gerard-way-1061_band_were-not-a-festival-band-playing-during_2183361.png) > [It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/it-was-harder-to-break-into-comics-than-it-was-to-become-a-singer-in/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/gerard-way-1061_band_it-was-harder-to-break-into-comics-than_1146107.png) > [I've always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-ve-always-seen-my-chemical-romance-as-the-band-that-would-have/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/gerard-way-1061_band_i-ve-always-seen-my-chemical-romance-as_2565642.png) > [“I don't think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-don-t-think-having-a-my-chemical-romance-action-figure-will-make-a/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/gerard-way-1061_action_i-don-t-think-having-a-my-chemical-roman_2220004.png) > [I went to art school and interned at DC, and then did the band. When that stuff comes up, you've gotta embrace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-went-to-art-school-and-interned-at-dc-and-then-did-the-band-when/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/gerard-way-1061_art_i-went-to-art-school-and-interned-at-dc_2526654.png) > [My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die. It is alive in me, in the guys, and it is alive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/my-chemical-romance-is-done-but-it-can-never-die-it-is-alive-in-me-in/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/gerard-way-1061_alive_my-chemical-romance-is-done-but-it-can-n_1753658.png) > [My favorite band at the moment is the Dresden Dolls, they're from Boston. It's a guy and a girl. She plays piano…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/my-favorite-band-at-the-moment-is-the-dresden-dolls-they-re-from/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/gerard-way-1061_band_my-favorite-band-at-the-moment-is-the-dr_2542630.png) > [I went to art school, and that's how I got the internship, and then I started a band. But I always missed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-went-to-art-school-and-that-s-how-i-got-the-internship-and-then-i/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/gerard-way-1061_art_i-went-to-art-school-and-that-s-how-i-go_1821766.png) > [It's interesting, there are a lot of similarities with being in the music business or being in a band, where a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/it-s-interesting-there-are-a-lot-of-similarities-with-being-in-the/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/gerard-way-1061_band_it-s-interesting-there-are-a-lot-of-simi_1526164.png) > [ We \[My Chemical Romance\] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/we-my-chemical-romance-didn-t-push-ourselves-to-that-next-level-i/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/gerard-way-1061_band_we-my-chemical-romance-didn-t-push-ourse_915875.png) > [You're going to come across a lot of shitty band, and a lot of shitty people. And if anyone of those people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/you-re-going-to-come-across-a-lot-of-shitty-band-and-a-lot-of-shitty/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/gerard-way-1061_accepting_you-re-going-to-come-across-a-lot-of-shi_1028780.png) > [Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/remember-the-first-time-you-went-to-a-show-and-saw-your-favorite-band/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56f/gerard-way-1061_band_remember-the-first-time-you-went-to-a-sh_1290167.jpg) > [The band has decided to give him and his wife a much needed break from the road to start a life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/the-band-has-decided-to-give-him-and-his-wife-a-much-needed-break/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/gerard-way-1061_age_the-band-has-decided-to-give-him-and-his_1088222.png) > [I think normally people think that they're afraid to die but I actually think people are more afraid to live. People are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-think-normally-people-think-that-they-re-afraid-to-die-but-i/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/gerard-way-1061_afraid_i-think-normally-people-think-that-they_2874815.png) ## Other authors on Band ## More by Gerard Way > [I just wanna kind of give the world something special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-just-wanna-kind-of-give-the-world-something-special/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [I love Alfonso Cuaron.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-love-alfonso-cuaron/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [“And right here Right now All the way in Battery City The little children Raise their open filthy palms Like tiny daggers up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/and-right-here-right-now-all-the-way-in-battery-city-the-little/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [The more people that learn about you, even if you're an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/the-more-people-that-learn-about-you-even-if-you-re-an-underdog-then/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f\*\*king punch you in the face if you try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-learned-that-the-world-doesn-t-want-to-be-saved-and-it-will-f-king/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [No matter what anyone says, dont take their F\*\*king Bulls\*\*t. Coz you're better then them, faster than them and god damn it, YOU'RE MUCH…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/no-matter-what-anyone-says-dont-take-their-f-king-bulls-t-coz-you-re/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [I know something you don't…and that is… I'M NOT WEARING ANY UNDERWEAR! We're gonna get sexy for a minute!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-know-something-you-don-t-and-that-is-i-m-not-wearing-any-underwear/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [“Craziest thing that ever happened to me was being attacked by a black bird. It pecked the shit out of my head. We were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/craziest-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me-was-being-attacked-by-a-black/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-think-spirituality-even-if-there-s-no-god-even-if-there-s-nothing-i/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [Singing songs that make you slit your wrists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/singing-songs-that-make-you-slit-your-wrists/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [I have so many books to write now. So I'll write from home. Sometimes I'm writing in the office too, in my cubicle. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-have-so-many-books-to-write-now-so-i-ll-write-from-home-sometimes-i/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [Like, you should never want to hurt yourself. You should love yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/like-you-should-never-want-to-hurt-yourself-you-should-love-yourself/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [My Sims family is called the Cholly family. I don't know why I picked that name, it's kinda of random.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/my-sims-family-is-called-the-cholly-family-i-don-t-know-why-i-picked/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [Now I have notebooks that are filled up, mostly with Doom Patrol, but also angry letters to myself mixed in with the comic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/now-i-have-notebooks-that-are-filled-up-mostly-with-doom-patrol-but/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) > [I had no direction. I thought, 'I need to make a difference in my life,' and music was my answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/i-had-no-direction-i-thought-i-need-to-make-a-difference-in-my-life/) [Gerard Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-way/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/gerard-way/#itemlist", "name": "15 Band Quotes By Gerard Way", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not a band. 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You can find them on the web they're incredible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gerard Way" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-way/my-favorite-band-at-the-moment-is-the-dresden-dolls-they-re-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/gerard-way-1061_band_my-favorite-band-at-the-moment-is-the-dr_2542630.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/gerard-way-1061_band_my-favorite-band-at-the-moment-is-the-dr_2542630.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/gerard-way-1061_band_my-favorite-band-at-the-moment-is-the-dr_2542630.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My favorite band at the moment is the Dresden Dolls, they're from Boston. It's a guy and a girl. 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