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People never cease to amaze us.
I have 'Purple Rain' on purple vinyl.
No one is born with hate in their heart.
If I couldn’t play, I wouldn’t be alive.
Every experience that you have is important.
If you don't listen, you're never gonna learn.
Things don't happen to you, they happen for you.
The messenger is not as important as the message.
MS is terrible for anybody, and all of the stories are important.
About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis.
Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have one.
I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.
I'm a big proponent of letting songs tell me what they wanna sound like.
The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.
I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there.
These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our last defense.
I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now.
This is a dream come true. I have wanted to tour with Green Day since I was 15.
It's always awkward to pretend to play. I feel like Ashlee Simpson. Oooh, zing.
Everything I've ever dreamed of, everything in my wildest dreams, is coming true.
Sometimes art is just about getting a reaction, that's really the end-all be-all.
I miss Jersey so much; I'm really connected to it. I love the big malls, the diners.
I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts.
My biggest addictions have been chocolate cake, mashed potatoes, and butter sandwiches.
I tend to really like things that are broken, I like the ones that are perfectly imperfect.
If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.
I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.
Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.
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
Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!
Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process.
My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear.
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.
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
I grew up in that band. Some people go to college and get a Master's. I went to My Chem academy, and I feel like I graduated with honors.
I think the days of just filling the time and putting a disc out is over, and I'm glad, because those are some of my least favourite records.
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.
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.
Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.
A guitar solo in the same part of every tune - that's been done so much. I think solos shine more when you have them in specific and unexpected places.
At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be the first impression.
I'm kind of a feel player. I'll stretch out before a show a bit and do some playing, but that's about it. I'm not one of these 10-hour-a-day playing guys.
Really I don't know anything other than Jersey. I like the dirtiness of it. Now I'm getting to see the world, and it's great, but it's not better than Jersey.
I have a split - of my real home-life side that's real-life, and then the creative side that is not necessarily real-life, but it intersects my real-life so much.
When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.
Even as a kid- do all kids think about this? I hope they don’t, I hope my kids don’t think about this- I was always thinking about, "Well, what are we doing? What is this all about?"
Where my heart lies is in the real-life, but at the same time part of it lies in this creative realm where I need to go in and put out that fire, scratch that itch, in order to be all rounded.
I'm a fan of records you get and you listen to them from beginning to finish - records where everything is there for a purpose. There was never any filler on those records - it was all well planned out.
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.