When youre touring and the minute you tell someone that youre from Jersey its the equivalent of telling them you just got out of jail.

Yeah, obviously we use vampires as a metaphor for something else, something deeper than just the supernatural. But there's just something about the bloodsucking walking dead, that can say so much to people. There are really so many people trying to get control over you on a daily basis and steal your soul in some way, take a part of you.

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.

Cecil Castellucci is writing Shade, who is the perfect writer for it. I love her young adult stuff, and it's pretty hardcore and visceral, so I knew she was going to bring that to the book.

I’ve gotta get out of the basement. I’ve gotta see the world. I’ve gotta make a difference

Are you on our side...and want to be different, or are you on that side and want to throw a football at my head!?

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