Your connection to other people keeps you human, and that connection, staying human - that's what you have against control. It's like if somebody is being controlled by their job, the connection is to their family. And if they stay connected to those people, the job will never really have control over them.

Let's have a day in the life of Gerard." Going to get coffee! Going to get coffee!' That's all it would be.

I had no direction. I thought, 'I need to make a difference in my life,' and music was my answer.

The best thing about wearing black is that you can hide pretty easily, unless you're in like Hawaii, then you can't hide.

I pity you all... Most of you will die---scratch that---ALL of you.

In those perfect moments you find beauty you never knew existed. You find yourself and you friends all over again, you find something to fight for, something to love. Something to show the world.

My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to art and music. She could play piano very well, and she had perfect pitch.