The Black Parade is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.

It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band.

I think that a lot of journalists don't really listen to music before they review it.

I do enjoy manga but would not consider myself a 'super-fan,' only really connecting with certain works such as 'Lone Wolf and Cub,' or 'Tekkon Kinkreet,' the more breakthrough works, and 'Akira,' to me, is the daddy of them all.

It's interesting, there are a lot of similarities with being in the music business or being in a band, where a lot of it is business work you've gotta do, like emails. It's weird, I don't feel like I'm in charge.

Make your life your art. It doesn't have to be that you're an artist. I know I talk about art a lot, but I mean a very broad thing with that. You could be a veterinarian, that's your art. Find your art; find your thing you love.

All we ever wanna do is inspire somebody to be who they wanna be and to give them a little bit of hope.