Band Quote by Gerard Way

There's this wave of new pop-punk bands that has come out that's bigger than ever. I'm really glad that we got to be a…

— Benji Madden

When the band were really big and we had massive hits, I was always stressed-out and insecure. I thought I wanted the band to…

— Dolores O'Riordan

We ceased to be a band the moment we made it. It left us with nothing. We felt like a failure although we had…

— Morten Harket

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk…

— Benny Goodman

A lot of it was really, really fun, but at some point, things started getting weird. We didn't allow each other to breathe. We…

— Charlotte Caffey

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…

— Stephen Mallinder

We wanted to write songs that we really like that incorporate everything. It seems a lot of bands want to stick with one thing.…

— Zacky Vengeance

I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.

— Dee Dee Ramone

Just because I front the band or we play bigger stages now, it doesn't mean we somehow suddenly changed the way we approach things.…

— Lauren Mayberry

I think we weren't afraid of kind of pushing the boundaries in terms of how an album could collectively sound.

— Calum Hood

With the first album, we felt people didn't really understand our band.

— Chad Gilbert

Everything an artist does is scary, but we do it anyway. If someone tries to steer you off-course, push them outta the way and…

— Zacky Vengeance