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Girl: I was wondering if you had any tips on how to deal with nerves/stage fright? Every year my school holds a Christmas concert. I've never taken part in it at all before but this year I decided to give it a shot. I have never sang in front if a large crowd before. When I get nervous, which can be from reading out in class to talking to a teacher I am close to, I feel dizzy and get shakes throughout my body. All my friends think I can sing and that I should just go for it.
Mikey: This is a question that is near and dear to me. It may not be a new subject to a lot of our fans in the know, but I too suffer/have suffered from chronic stage fright. Being in a band with a fear of public performing is kinda like being a penguin that's afraid of the cold. It's a problem that I have had as far back into childhood as I can recall. Unfortunately, there's no definitive answer. I have spent the greater part of a decade trying to figure out that riddle, and have talked in great lengths with doctors and therapists about the subject. I would find someone you know and trust and talk to them about it. There is no shame in going to a therapist to talk out your problems either. It doesn't mean you're "crazy". It's really effective to be able to talk to an unbiased person and gain new perspective on your problem. Another great way to conquer your fear is to face it head on. You might find out that you're not scared after all. Enter that X-mas concert and knock 'em dead! You might wonder what you were even scared of to begin with.
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Interviewer: Ever gotten lucky on a beach?
Mikey: I found a $20 bill once.
Interviewer: Would you ever rock a Speedo?
Mikey: If someone put a shotgun to my head.
Interviewer: Ever have a regrettable summer hookup?
Mikey: Regret is a sign of weakness. Oh, and girls have cooties.
Interviewer: What’s your favourite ice-cream truck song?
Mikey: The Godfather theme. Yes, in Jersey, many an ice-cream truck played the Godfather theme.
Interviewer: How do you keep your makeup from running onstage when you get sweaty?
Mikey: I don’t. At the show we played tonight, eyeliner and sweat streamed into my eye and I was partially blinded.
Interviewer: Ever do socks with sandals?
Mikey: You wouldn’t catch my cold dead body with sandals on.
Interviewer: Is there a body part you hide during the summer?
Mikey: All of them.
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Interviewer: With so much talk of death in [your] lyrics I wondered what is happening right now that [you] would like to be dead, or something that is dead that [you'd] like to bring back?
Gerard: Hair crimping needs to go. You know what I’m saying?
Bob: Hair straightening.
Gerard: Hair straightening?
Mikey and Ray: OH!
Gerard: No way, dog! You’d ruin every band out there! Um, hair crimping has to go. I don’t see it very often but when I do it burns my ass.
Bob: Slippers.
Gerard: Yeah, slippers. We’re gonna bring back slippers from the dead.
Mikey: I think Hula-Hoops need to come back. There’s less violence in the world when people are using Hula-Hoops.
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Interviewer: You guys [Gerard and Mikey] are brothers?
Gerard: Yes.
Interviewer: You look alike.
Mikey: Really?
Interviewer #2: To a blind person.
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Mikey: I heart coffee.
Frank: I heart WiFi.
Gerard: And I heart The Crow 2: City of Angels.
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Interviewer: With so much talk of death in [your] lyrics I wondered what is happening right now that [you] would like to be dead, or something that is dead that [you'd] like to bring back?
Gerard: Hair crimping needs to go. You know what I’m saying?
Bob: Hair straightening.
Gerard: Hair straightening?
Mikey and Ray: OH!
Gerard: No way, dog! You’d ruin every band out there! Um, hair crimping has to go. I don’t see it very often but when I do it burns my ass.
Bob: Slippers.
Gerard: Yeah, slippers. We’re gonna bring back slippers from the dead.
Mikey: I think Hula-Hoops need to come back. There’s less violence in the world when people are using Hula-Hoops.
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Hey :) I’m trying to make (and hopefully get to publish in some form) a compilation of letters, photos, artwork, etc, from the fans to MCR in a book as a kind of tribute to them, and I was wondering if you’d be interested in contributing something?
You could send in a letter or whatever you want, and if you could send in some stuff with My Chem’s quotes on it that’d be great, because I’d like to have a fair few quotes in the book as well.
Submissions are open, and if you could send in anything for the book it’d be great! At the very least, I’ll have an ebook available and the money raised will go to a charity. I really need a lot of people to get involved in this though, so if you could help out and contribute that’d be awesome!
There are more details on my blog, I’ve probably explained it better there. Thank you!
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(Source: mychemicalromanceforum.com, via fuckyeahmcrquotes)
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Interviewer: Ever gotten lucky on a beach?
Mikey: I found a $20 bill once.
Interviewer: Would you ever rock a Speedo?
Mikey: If someone put a shotgun to my head.
Interviewer: Ever have a regrettable summer hookup?
Mikey: Regret is a sign of weakness. Oh, and girls have cooties.
Interviewer: What’s your favourite ice-cream truck song?
Mikey: The Godfather theme. Yes, in Jersey, many an ice-cream truck played the Godfather theme.
Interviewer: How do you keep your makeup from running onstage when you get sweaty?
Mikey: I don’t. At the show we played tonight, eyeliner and sweat streamed into my eye and I was partially blinded.
Interviewer: Ever do socks with sandals?
Mikey: You wouldn’t catch my cold dead body with sandals on.
Interviewer: Is there a body part you hide during the summer?
Mikey: All of them.
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Interviewer: I just have one more question. Are you okay?
Mikey: Oh, I'm great!
Interviewer: Promise?
Mikey: Yeah, I - oh. Are you referring to the song?
Interviewer: Yes...
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Mikey: I was 23, 24, and I was drinking at the time. I had reached an age where a lot of emotions and hormones affect you. I was at odds with myself. The band had engulfed all of us and I found it overwhelming. Recording Black Parade was the moment it all came to a head, I couldn't stop it. I had to go away and fix myself. There were some screws loose upstairs that needed tightening.
Gerard: I don't think you had screws loose, Mikey. You were processing everything that happened to us.
Ray: I've never had the chance to say this properly, so I'd like to say it now: I'm sorry, Mikey. I know I contributed to what you went through. I think I lost my mind. The pressure made me think we had to be perfect all of the time. But I confused perfect playing with great playing. I'm sorry for creating that atmosphere.
Mikey: You don't need to apologize, Ray.
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(The camera pans down to show that all of them are wearing slip-on shoes.)
Interviewer: Is there like a political statement you guys are...
Gerard: Absolutely, oh yeah... it says fuck laces!
Mikey: Laces are bad.
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