"Music and art is so embedded in my DNA that it's not something I do, it's who I am. I tried and fought so hard against it… I clawed and fought against it, because it's terrible. It's so gut-wrenching, heartbreakingly terrible and wonderful at the same time."
- Frank Iero (Upset Magazine, 2016)
"The world could end tomorrow but as of right now, I've still got some stuff to say.
That's what the cool thing about a solo career is, you're never going to not be you. So, really no matter what I do, it's a follow-up. It's the follow-up to something ... I’ve got a list of things that I still want to achieve. I don't know what they are yet but I'm down for the challenge. I feel like, until I've got nothing left to say or I feel like I'm done or uninspired, I want to keep going. Very rarely do I hit a brick wall with things, and maybe that's why I jump around so much with different bands and different genres. When I hit a writers block or a brick wall, I get so depressed I need to do something else entirely different, ultimately that opens the door to something else so I jump and I do that. By doing that it opens up the door that was closed before. I cant stand being stagnant, so I have to jump around.
When I was younger and in bands, I couldn't be fucked to do vocal warm ups. That's stupid. Later on, I found out that I had to do vocal warm ups, it's just imperative. Hey, you want to get better? Do that, then. But you would feel embarrassed and you would hide. Now, I can do them in front of anyone and I don't give a shit. This is what I do, this is my craft, fuck you if you think it's weird. I'll do it cabs, I'll do them anywhere. It's the same thing with opening up lyrically, at first you believe it's stupid to care that much and then you start to really care. You want it to be honest and true and good. When you're younger a line sounds cool but who cares what it means. Then you really want it to mean something, Then it gets to the point where you don't want it to mean too much, you don't want people to know too much about you - but eventually you get to the point where you realise, if I can't be honest, how can I expect anyone else to be honest. You just try to do that without being cringe-worthy."
- Frank Iero (Upset Magazine 2016)
