Andy Biersack Quotes
-
If what you're writing is genuine, regardless of whether it sounds cliche or people wouldn't necessarily think it's the most brilliant metaphor in the world, it's always important to be genuine with what you're writing; at least, that's how I feel.
-
As far as being onstage, commanding presence, I've always looked up to people like Axl Rose and Freddie Mercury and Paul Stanley - the rock gods. I've always wanted to be able to achieve that level of commanding nature onstage and really leading people at a show.
-
For us, we are interested in doing what's cool for us and what's cool for the audience. That's it.
-
I never anticipated seeing 40.
-
More than anything, I write about what I know. The experiences that I've had in my life and that we've all had collectively, that's what we draw from.
-
My whole life, I've loved '80s synth and goth rock like The Sisters of Mercy and Depeche Mode.
-
Being a singer, I can easily break facial extremities, but breaking my nose in Luxembourg was extremely painful.
-
I will say one thing: Mick Mars is one of the greatest songwriters I've ever met in my life and had the pleasure to work with.
-
I was this little kid writing songs. I look back at having that dream, and it's weird. Being able to do it and live out your dream on any scale is amazing. I don't take any of it for granted at all.
-
Even if you don't like what I do, and you don't like my band, you might have a fan that likes both of us, and why would you wanna alienate them?
-
The image of the band has always been something that's evolved or changed with every record cycle that we've done. I think, in a lot of respects, that's because we were so interested in having a visual representation for the music that we were making.
-
There is nothing more, I guess, cannibalistic than the metal or the hard rock scene, it seems.
-
We want people to know they shouldn't feel like social pariahs just because they want to dress differently or listen to rock n' roll.
-
The only real inspiration or muse that I have is just the life that I live.
-
I came from a town of about 2,000 people with one stop light, and I was told that nothing I ever wanted to do, I would succeed in.
-
I know what it's like to be an outcast in society. I know what it's like to want to find strength, and more importantly, I know what it's like to find that internal strength and rise out of the pain of being just sort of a weirdo.
-
I think, on any given day, somebody could help out a homeless person and cuss out somebody that cut them off in traffic, and I think that everybody has that inside them: it's just how you live that balance - so I think everybody is 'Wretched and Divine.'
-
Our music is never going to stop someone from bullying someone else. But you should be your own person.
-
In terms of stage presence for me, I'm influenced by a myriad of things. A lot of punk performers, people like Dave Vanian from The Damned and Davey Havok from AFI was a huge influence on me when I was younger.
-
The story of my life publicly has been told through 'Alternative Press.' Former employees, people who have worked there - my friend Ryan Downey, who wrote for 'AP' for a long time - I've been able to have really great articles written about me and talk openly about things in my life.
-
I've always been a big fan of utopian, future, new-world stories - 'V For Vendetta,' comic books, graphic novels.
-
Without someone telling you what you are doing is wrong, you can't say what you are doing is right.
-
Whether I'm trying to or not, I have this inherent feeling that music is uplifting; it makes you feel victorious, and that makes you feel like you can take on the world.
-
I didn't really get the chance to talk to girls. I was a straight boy with hormones kicking in, and I wanted to talk to girls, but they weren't interested in talking back to me, so there was a real sense of loneliness.