We [My Chemical Romance] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in order to advance, we need to regress. There was definitely a sense of fear within the band about taking that next step.

So many people treat you like you're a kid so you might as well act like one and throw your television out of the hotel window.

I'm not drunk, just a little stoned.

There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.

The whole thing about comics is the reason I think you shoot to be a comics author is because it's a very solitary activity and that you sit down and you're arguing with yourself that's kinda the plan.

There's not a lot of art forms where you can control your presentation and your ideas.

Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want.