Andy Biersack Quotes
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I knew that my love for the Sisters of Mercy, Lords of the New Church and that kind of stuff, was never going to lend itself well to a direct interpretation in Black Veil Brides.
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I like both antireligious and traditional Catholic imagery.
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I don't really have any interest in allowing other people's kind of idiotic, unnecessary, either bigotry or hatred or whatever derision they have for me, I don't allow for it to really bother me, because I don't need it.
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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.
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We're not trying to shock people with our image.
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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.
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As we grow up we learn that even the person that wasnt supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it gets harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and youll eventually lose someone you love, so take many pictures, laugh too much and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is one minute of happiness you'll never get back.
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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.
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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.'
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Always be yourself and rebel against what people tell you should be and be whatever you want to.
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I never advocate that you should be lonely, or come to my shows and bring me your razor blade to show me that you don't cut anymore.
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Lyrically, the most important thing for me is, how can I tell a cohesive story?
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Being able to be one of the headline bands on Warped Tour was a dream I had since I was in middle school.
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I don't think I necessarily am prepared to write about anybody else's life but mine.
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If you nominate us for something, we're going to win.
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I feel that there is a culture being built that is a celebration of agony. There is also a celebration of being an outcast, to the degree that you are segregating yourself in a negative way from people who may want to be your friend.
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I've always been a big fan of utopian, future, new-world stories - 'V For Vendetta,' comic books, graphic novels.
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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.
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Without someone telling you what you are doing is wrong, you can't say what you are doing is right.
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That's what makes me insufferable to be around, is that most of my life I have assumed that everyone wants to see me perform and do things all the time.
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We made 'Wretched and Divine,' and as much as I love it, it's a pretty sparkly record - it's a record that could be done as a play because it's very theatrical with no grit.
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We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern music elements, the visual part of the band appeal to a younger audience. For an older audience, we have chops and great songs that are reminiscent of the things that were great about rock and roll when they enjoyed it. We're the kind of band that can cross those lines.
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Every Christmas, all I ever wanted was Playskool instruments. It was my entire life. And then by the time I was 6 or 7 years old, it became, 'Now I'm going to force my entire family to watch me perform all these rock songs.'
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I am a clinical zombie.