Gerard Way Quotes

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

I was never disappointed by the people I've admired. And the choices I made when I was in a position where it was do-or-die were made with my heroes in mind.

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

It's not just children who need heroes.

One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

People need heroes, in music and every aspect of life.

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

Let the world admire the supposed wisdom and valor of our great men, Perhaps they may adopt the qualities that have been ascribed to them, and thus good may be done.

Everybody is inspired by someone.

I have a lot of role models.

So much of what I do has been based off of my heroes and guys I've watched come up.

I'm not saying that maybe there isn't a kid out there whose behavior hasn't been influenced by me in some way. I'm sure there is. But I can only speak for myself, and if you'd asked if my behavior had ever been affected by people I'd admired from afar, like musicians or footballers, that'd be a yes, totally. Right down to their hand gestures.

I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person.

Heroes, it would seem, exist always and a certain worship of them.

If you want to make a difference in the lives of the people you lead, you must be willing to walk alongside them, to lift and encourage them, to share moments of understanding with them, and to spend time with them, not just shout down at them from on high.

A nation without heroes is nothing.

Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.

I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.

When I see people of my likeness, or who are somebody that I feel connected to, doing something great, I fee like I can do it. It gives me some hope and vision.

I never have compared myself to Jessica Tandy in any way, and that's such a great role model for me to look at. I'm seriously going to put pictures of her in my dressing room and commune with her from now on, I think.

Every generation has to find their own heroes.

There are so many people with great work ethics that I've been around. I try and take the best qualities from the people I admire and apply it to my own self.

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.