My father gave me one of those small, box-sized travel players when I was a kid and just a handful of records that he had. 'Zeppelin IV' was one. 'The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl,' which is just about the worst record ever - you can't hear anything, just screaming in the background. I think there was maybe, like, an Animals record.

Frank Iero

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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.

hate skills heart

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

true-to-yourself willing dies

I tend to really like things that are broken, I like the ones tha... by Frank Iero

I tend to really like things that are broken, I like the ones that are perfectly imperfect.

imperfect broken

The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, ru... by Frank Iero

The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.

running past moving

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.

mushrooms hate names

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.

jingles emo art

I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a... by Frank Iero

I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.

spiders children

If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake... by Frank Iero

If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.

calories cookies stories

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

covering tattoo skins

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.

differences shining real

Things don't happen to you, they happen for you. by Frank Iero

Things don't happen to you, they happen for you.

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.

eye fall thinking

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.

guitar philosophy mean

These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our... by Frank Iero

These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our last defense.

defense lasts artist

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.

snapshots gone song

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.

littles people thinking

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.

heartbroken sick night

Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have on... by Frank Iero

Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have one.

popsicles black should

People never cease to amaze us. by Frank Iero

People never cease to amaze us.

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.

appreciate joy fall