--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Frank Iero" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Frank Iero. Plus more from Frank Iero and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/frank-iero-7162_alive_if-i-couldn-t-play-i-wouldn-t-be-alive-1_1066329.jpg" --- > [If I couldn’t play, I wouldn’t be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/if-i-couldn-t-play-i-wouldn-t-be-alive/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/frank-iero-7162_alive_if-i-couldn-t-play-i-wouldn-t-be-alive-1_1066329.jpg) > [Love what you do and who you truly are. Be willing to die for it. If you are true to yourself, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/love-what-you-do-and-who-you-truly-are-be-willing-to-die-for-it-if/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/frank-iero-7162_dies_love-what-you-do-and-who-you-truly-are-b_626106.jpg) > [If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/if-you-lose-count-of-how-many-cookies-you-ate-the-calorie-intake/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/frank-iero-7162_calories_if-you-lose-count-of-how-many-cookies-yo_373205.jpg) > [Emo always meant emotional. Any kind of art or music should be emotional. If its not, than it's pretty much just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/emo-always-meant-emotional-any-kind-of-art-or-music-should-be/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/frank-iero-7162_art_emo-always-meant-emotional-any-kind-of-a_638089.jpg) > [I feel like you have to make art because you have to make it. But the end result of it- that last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-feel-like-you-have-to-make-art-because-you-have-to-make-it-but-the/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/frank-iero-7162_affect_i-feel-like-you-have-to-make-art-because_329097.jpg) > [It could be anything, give a homeless guy a sandwich, help an old lady across the street like anything to make this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/it-could-be-anything-give-a-homeless-guy-a-sandwich-help-an-old-lady/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/frank-iero-7162_better-place_it-could-be-anything-give-a-homeless-guy_1318124.jpg) > [I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now. I started to realize that the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-like-taking-my-time-and-seeing-the-things-around-me-and/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/frank-iero-7162_appreciate_i-like-taking-my-time-and-seeing-the-thi_772939.jpg) > [I feel like the personal me and the artistic me are separate, but connected. It's almost like a Jekyll and Hyde thing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-feel-like-the-personal-me-and-the-artistic-me-are-separate-but/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/frank-iero-7162_artistic_i-feel-like-the-personal-me-and-the-arti_2487085.jpg) > [Sometimes it's a little overwhelming to take on other people's stories, that's just the kind of person I am, maybe I'm empathetic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/sometimes-it-s-a-little-overwhelming-to-take-on-other-people-s/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/frank-iero-7162_bits_sometimes-it-s-a-little-overwhelming-to_869440.jpg) > [If I could've picked a birthday it would've been on Halloween. Yeah, it's always been my favorite holiday. Not because it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/if-i-could-ve-picked-a-birthday-it-would-ve-been-on-halloween-yeah-it/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/frank-iero-7162_adults_if-i-could-ve-picked-a-birthday-it-would_876560.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Frank Iero > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/people-don-t-always-realize-that-a-record-is-forever-it-ll-always-be/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [Everything I've ever dreamed of, everything in my wildest dreams, is coming true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/everything-i-ve-ever-dreamed-of-everything-in-my-wildest-dreams-is/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I always wanted to be in bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-always-wanted-to-be-in-bands/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-have-no-want-or-desire-to-solo-i-d-rather-create-melodies-and/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I've always been a fan of vinyl. There's something about the ritual of it. Something about it holds its gravity, for some reason. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-ve-always-been-a-fan-of-vinyl-there-s-something-about-the-ritual-of/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I would date Gerard!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-would-date-gerard/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you practice and get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-love-players-like-thurston-moore-i-mean-you-can-put-notes-down-on-a/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [Homophobia is gay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/homophobia-is-gay/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I feel like you have to make art because you have to make it. But the end result of it- that last stage- you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-feel-like-you-have-to-make-art-because-you-have-to-make-it-but-the/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I started thinking about how life is a lot like getting pushed out of a plane. You didn't ask to be here, none of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-started-thinking-about-how-life-is-a-lot-like-getting-pushed-out-of/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [I think the fun thing about doing a project under your own name is that literally anything could be a follow up, it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/i-think-the-fun-thing-about-doing-a-project-under-your-own-name-is/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [A guitar solo in the same part of every tune - that's been done so much. I think solos shine more when you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/a-guitar-solo-in-the-same-part-of-every-tune-that-s-been-done-so-much/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/if-you-lose-count-of-how-many-cookies-you-ate-the-calorie-intake/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/my-tattoos-are-like-a-scrapbook-of-my-life-sometimes-you-don-t-feel/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) > [People never cease to amaze us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/people-never-cease-to-amaze-us/) [Frank Iero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-iero/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/frank-iero/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Frank Iero", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I couldn’t play, I wouldn’t be alive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Iero" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-iero/if-i-couldn-t-play-i-wouldn-t-be-alive/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/frank-iero-7162_alive_if-i-couldn-t-play-i-wouldn-t-be-alive-1_1066329.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/frank-iero-7162_alive_if-i-couldn-t-play-i-wouldn-t-be-alive-1_1066329.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/frank-iero-7162_alive_if-i-couldn-t-play-i-wouldn-t-be-alive-1_1066329.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I couldn’t play, I wouldn’t be alive.” — Frank Iero", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love what you do and who you truly are. 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