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" I don't think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like to think it will make him save children from a burning building. "

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" 'Watchmen' is not only the greatest comic ever written, it's a really important work of fiction. "

" I love watching 'Twilight Zone.' New Year's Eve they do the marathon; I watch it every year. "

" Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name. "

" You should love yourself. "

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

" I wasn't bullied in high school, I was just ignored. "

" Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. "

" I've always had bizarre, negative feelings about anything traditional, like marriage and family. I never thought something like that worked. "

" 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 psycho... I just like psychotic things. "

" Comics are my first love, and I hate seeing an art form that I love suffer. "

" I wouldn't have been able to move to L.A. if I felt I was going to lose my identity as a New Jerseyian. My accent has gotten thicker since I've lived here. "

" 'Watchmen' is a politically charged story, and it explores exactly what a hero is, how the world would treat them and how they would react. It was the first time I read a superhero story that explored that situation. These are very real people with very real problems. "

" You can't be two people in your brain, one rock dude and a dad - there's something in the middle of them, and that's really what you are and that's going to make you the best dad - not when you try to be one or the other. "

" My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die. "

" I've always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school, and the band that we didn't have to represent us - the kids that wore black - back then. "

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High School

" When Scorsese shoots a violent scene, it's very uncomfortable - it's not like watching 'Rambo.' "

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" People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation... I've seen it in punk clubs, and I've seen it in the world. "

" I want to be a vampire. They're the coolest monsters. "

" Freddie Mercury, to me, was probably the most important frontman to me growing up. "

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" I thought 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' was so interesting the way it was made and the texture of it. "

" The only thing I learnt in high school is that people are very violent and territorial. "

" A lot of kids get disappointed. They expect me to be, like, 'Bwaah.' 'If I spend a minute with them, they end up saying, 'Wow, you're a nice, normal guy.' They hate it when they catch me out of my makeup. "

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" Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won't dislike you. "

" It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all. "

" My favourite two festivals have always been the Big Day Out and Summersonic in Japan. The Big Day Out is a little more fun because it lasts longer. It's like an abbreviated version of the Warped tour because you get to play with the same people every day, which is really fun. "

" My music is - I don't want to say my main focus, but it's what comes most naturally to me. "

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" 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. "

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Wolf