Frank Iero Quotes

Love what you do and who you truly are. Be willing to die for it. If you are true to yourself, you can never go wrong

Emo always meant emotional. Any kind of art or music should be emotional. If its not, than it's pretty much just a jingle selling bleach or pizza.

The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.

I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.

My name is Frank Iero and I hate mushrooms. All mushrooms. No matter how they're prepared, I feel like they're all slimy and they taste like dirt.

My tattoos are like a scrapbook of my life. Sometimes you don't feel comfortable in your own skin, so covering it up with pictures helps

If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.

I tend to really like things that are broken, I like the ones that are perfectly imperfect.

These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our last defense.

Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have one.

No one is born with hate in their heart.

Things don't happen to you, they happen for you.

People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.

If you don't listen, you're never gonna learn.

My biggest addictions have been chocolate cake, mashed potatoes, and butter sandwiches.

Every experience that you have is important.

Everything I've ever dreamed of, everything in my wildest dreams, is coming true.

Really I don't know anything other than Jersey. I like the dirtiness of it. Now I'm getting to see the world, and it's great, but it's not better than Jersey.

About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis.

I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now.

People never cease to amaze us.

Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.

The messenger is not as important as the message.

I have a split - of my real home-life side that's real-life, and then the creative side that is not necessarily real-life, but it intersects my real-life so much.

This is a dream come true. I have wanted to tour with Green Day since I was 15.

Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process.

At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be the first impression.

Sometimes art is just about getting a reaction, that's really the end-all be-all.

Even as a kid- do all kids think about this? I hope they don’t, I hope my kids don’t think about this- I was always thinking about, "Well, what are we doing? What is this all about?"

It's always awkward to pretend to play. I feel like Ashlee Simpson. Oooh, zing.

Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.

When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.

My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.

Where my heart lies is in the real-life, but at the same time part of it lies in this creative realm where I need to go in and put out that fire, scratch that itch, in order to be all rounded.

Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!

If I couldn’t play, I wouldn’t be alive.

I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there.

I'm a big proponent of letting songs tell me what they wanna sound like.

I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.

I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts.

These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear.