My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players. Frank Iero More Quotes by Frank Iero More Quotes From Frank Iero No one is born with hate in their heart. Hate is something that has been taught. It is not an innate survival skill that we need; It is a form of stupidity that penetrates our minds and will eventually destroy us. Frank Iero hateskillsheart Love what you do and who you truly are. Be willing to die for it. If you are true to yourself, you can never go wrong Frank Iero true-to-yourselfwillingdies I tend to really like things that are broken, I like the ones that are perfectly imperfect. Frank Iero imperfectbroken The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster. Frank Iero runningpastmoving My name is Frank Iero and I hate mushrooms. All mushrooms. No matter how they're prepared, I feel like they're all slimy and they taste like dirt. Frank Iero mushroomshatenames Emo always meant emotional. Any kind of art or music should be emotional. If its not, than it's pretty much just a jingle selling bleach or pizza. Frank Iero jinglesemoart I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider. Frank Iero spiderschildren If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story. Frank Iero caloriescookiesstories 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 helps Frank Iero coveringtattooskins Every time somebody ever told you that you weren't gonna amount to anything, you know, that's your time to shine, you know? You can show everybody and prove to yourself what you're doing is real and that it counts and that it makes a difference. Frank Iero differencesshiningreal Things don't happen to you, they happen for you. Frank Iero happens 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 us did. But we're all careening through space towards an eventual end that no one's gonna be able to put off. That's the only thing that's definite, this impact. So I started to think about how a lot of us fall at an incredible velocity, and it's over in the blink of an eye. Frank Iero eyefallthinking The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold in your hands: if a guitar means something special, you're bound to do great things with it. Frank Iero guitarphilosophymean These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our last defense. Frank Iero defenselastsartist I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there and make this a record for mass consumption, this was really just a way for me to get out of my own situation and reclaim that part of myself - so when making the songs, I wanted a testament to what I'd gone through, I wanted a snapshot of those moments. Frank Iero snapshotsgonesong I think that's really the beauty of life, like, we're this collection of moments, this collection of experiences that we've had, or little tics that we've stolen from other people, it's like we're this amalgamation of all of that. Frank Iero littlespeoplethinking The relationship between My Chemical Romance and Michael Pedicone is over. He was caught red-handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn, Washington. We are heartbroken and sick to our stomachs over this entire situation. Frank Iero heartbrokensicknight Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have one. Frank Iero popsiclesblackshould People never cease to amaze us. Frank Iero ceasepeople I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now. I started to realize that the things that helped me do that were these things that brought me love, brought me joy. And if we're all just falling towards an eventual end, falling towards the ground, then these things are parachutes. Frank Iero appreciatejoyfall
