Whether the color of your skin is black, white, yellow, brown or purple - the extent of this tragedy is so incredibly devastating that we had to do something. Bert McCracken More Quotes by Bert McCracken More Quotes From Bert McCracken It's about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise. Bert McCracken just-being get-better proud Put your arm around the buddy next to you. And if you don't have any friends, I'll be your best friend in the whole world. Bert McCracken arms next world We are the outcasts, we are the ones that are different, we are the ones that never got along with anyone else, we are the ones that went back to our rooms and put on our headphones and listened to those records that made us happy Bert McCracken records different rooms We have this day to be alive. We better lay down and give up, or stand up and really make some worthwhile memories for ourselves. 'Cause we're not going to be alive forever Bert McCracken giving-up forever memories Sometimes kissing is better than sex. Especially kissing someone for the first time Bert McCracken kissing sex firsts The biggest thing I've learned is that you only have one chance. You only have today to live-but you gotta take it and make it the best you can Bert McCracken ive-learned chance today The only way to fall in love is to allow yourself to be vulnerable. Bert McCracken falling-in-love dream love-is I mean, you can't have sex until you're married if you're Mormon. The first time I had sex, my parents found out. They were listening in on the phone while I was talking about sex to my girlfriend. They freaked out, man. They both cornered me in my bedroom. Bert McCracken girlfriend mean sex If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here for a reason, and I was given a talent, so I'll continue to try to use it. Bert McCracken if-there-is-a-god trying long When my body gets so overexerted with energy, I just keep going and going. Bert McCracken keep-going body energy I'll never be bothered if I don't have a hit because you look at the songs that are hits and they're none of my favourites. Just the fact that we do have fans waiting here, that's exciting enough. Bert McCracken fans waiting song I rebelled against the Mormon Church by going to other churches. I rebelled against my parents by not eating meat. I rebelled against my friends and myself by doing drugs. And I rebelled against everything that was holding me down by playing music with these guys. Bert McCracken drug guy parent When people hear our record, they're not going to be able to put us into the 'New Metal' category or the 'pop-punk' category or the 'aggressive emo' category. I think people will be able to take it for what it is. Bert McCracken emo people thinking I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've always wanted to be on tour with a rock band. Bert McCracken rocks singing band No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart, nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it. Bert McCracken song mean people I've rebelled against all types of conformity throughout my life, not just Utah's conservative culture Bert McCracken conservative utah culture When I hooked up with them I was still going to Narcotics Anonymous. But they were never into drugs. If it weren't for the band, I think I'd still be getting high. Bert McCracken band drug thinking We definitely didn't want it to be anything like our first or second records. We wanted to experiment more than we ever had and take any new idea and run with it as far as we could. Bert McCracken records running ideas
