You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to any of your heroes. Become what you wish to be.
Because of the kind of music that I liked, and the different way that I dressed, it was kind of a perfect storm, creating a situation where I existed on my own throughout my schooling.
And the people who say things to you about the way you look and the way you dress, they have nothing more to their lives. That’s all they do, and you have something more in you.
Never give in, never back down.
Never ran away for the sake of scars.
I see so many bands, that are trying really hard to write for a person that they’ve never met. I get the idea behind it and the idea of helping people, but I feel you help people more by exposing yourself.
Let love be your perfect weapon.
Like birds whose wings are broken, you live without direction!
I’m writing songs with the hope someone can get behind my feeling.
Creating art or something beautiful makes you a more fulfilled person than they can ever be because they’re caught up in what they hate rather than what they love.
Where you are right now blast some music and forget.
Aside from comic book heroes, the only real life heroes I had were musicians.
Something pure to burn away the darkness that hides inside my mind.
It’s a dangerous game to write a song for a person you don’t know. It feels disingenuous.
Me personally, I side more with punk rock bands. I grew up with The Misfits, The Dead Boys, The Damned, Dropkick Murphys, and early AFI. That was the stuff that really got me into music. Song writing wise, bands like Alkaline Trio were very important to me for beginning to write songs.
I had a certain kind of disassociation from the other kids because I had more interest in sociology, ideas and trying to communicate those ideas to the kids around me.
I was 16 when we made the first song. We’ve been touring for half a decade together and we’ve had quite a bit of time spent learning our craft. You improve as a song writer and as a musician over time.
Three things it would be extremely difficult to play a show without: makeup, my vocal cords and pants.
Love is a power greater than death, just like the songs and stories told.
And death climbs up the steps one by one.